Buoys

Buoy is a floating object anchored at a definite location to guide or warn mariners, to mark positions of submerged objects, or to moor vessels in lieu of anchoring.

Type of buoy:

• Lateral marks
• Cardinal marks
• Isolated danger Marks
• Safe Water Marks
• Special Marks
• Emergency Wreck Marking Buoy

DGLL maintains 11 Nos buoy in Gulf of katchchh and 10 Nos in Gulf of Khambhat for deep route channel marking and 01 Nos Isolated danger mark buoy in Andaman Sea for marking the danger in invisible bank .

Gulf of Khambhat (Narmada Channel):

• No of buoy: 10
• No of Lateral mark Buoy: 6
• No of Cardinal mark Buoy: 3
• No of safe water mark buoy: 1

Gulf of Kachchh (Salaya Channel):

• No of buoy: 11
• No of Lateral mark Buoy: 3
• No of Cardinal mark Buoy:8

Andman Sea:

• No of Isolated danger mark Buoy: 01

Gulf of Kachchh (Salaya Channel):

Gulf of Khambhat (Narmada Channel):