Pakistan Maritime Security Agency - PMSA

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Pakistan Maritime Security Agency & It’s Role



The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency is a law enforcement service and the one of the six uniform service branch of the Paramilitary command of Pakistan that is operationally tasked with conducting the maritime, military, multi mission service unique among the military branches having the maritime law enforcement mission (with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters).

Although the PMCA operates under the Ministry of Defense (MoD) during peacetime, but it can be transferred to Pakistan Navy by the governmental orders during the times of war.

Role
*Maritime homeland security.
*National maritime law enforcement.
*International maritime law enforcement.
*Search and rescue.
*Marine environmental protection.
*Maintenance of aids to navigation.
*Provide assistance to governmental agencies.
*Provide assistance to international organizations.
*Provide assistance to Pakistan Navy.
*Protect fishing vessels and crews.

*Perform military operations to
1: Protect the economic interests of Pakistan
2: Protect maritime interests of Pakistan
*Coordinate the oceanographic research and other scientific activities of the Navy Hydro-graphic department

PMSA fleet

Type 056 Class
Type: Corvette
Total: 5
Country of origin China

Hingol Class MPV
Type: Maritime patrol vessel
Total: 2
Country of origin: China

Basol Class MPV
Type: 600 Ton maritime patrol vessel
Total: 2
Country of origin: China

PMSA Dasht
Type: 1500 Ton maritime patrol vessel
Total: 1
Country of origin: China

Island Class
Type: Patrol vessel
Total: 2
Country of origin: USA

Defender class
Type: Fast response boat
Total: 9
Country of origin: USA

GRP Utility Boats

Type: Inflatable fast response boats
Total: unknown
Country of origin: Pakistan

Britten-Norman Defender
Type: Multi role utility transport aircraft
Total: 3
Country of origin: UK

 

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Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) established a Base at KETI BANDAR .

Keti Bandar has a small population mainly dependant on fishing. PMSA Base will keep Area of Responsibility under effective surveillance through regular patrolling and prevent unauthorized exploitation of resources. \

PMSA Base Keti Bandar will help fishermen with Search & Rescue operations as well as facilitate registration of fishing boats and assistance to public. PMSA has recently launched a mobile application called “Assistance, Anytime, Anywhere at Sea (AAAS)” to facilitate maritime communities operating in Pakistan’s territorial waters.

PMSA is the sole Maritime Law Enforcement Agency in Pakistan which has the responsibility to regulate the maritime affairs of a vast area covering approximately 295,000 Square Kilometers, stretching coastline over 1000 Kilometers from Sir Creek in the East to Gwadar Bay in the West .

PMSA is committed to prevent use of Pakistani waters for any unlawful purposes and will continue to shoulder its national obligation and responsibility to establish lawful order at sea.

 

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PMSA Defender!

 

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COAST OFF SINDH, PAKISTAN

Patrolling ships of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency caught an fishing vessel from India illegally poaching inside our Exclusive Economic Zone. One Indian fishing vessel namely TULSI MAIYA with 7 crew onboard was apprehended when a PMSA ship

 

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PMSAHQ
Kashmir Class Off-Shore Vessel PMSS Kolachi (P-144) from 26th Offshore Patrol Squadron "OSRON 26" and Pakistan Navy WS-61 Seaking Mk.45 from 111 ASW Squadron "Arabian Sharks"

 

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DIMDEX-18
PMSS BASOL at Doha Qatar.

 

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Hingol class Patrol Vessels, PMSA
Hingol-Class MPVs are a class of four ships built by a partnership between CSSC and KS&EW for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA).
Project Type.//// Maritime patrol vessels.
Operator. Pakistan Maritime Security Agency.
Length. 68meter.
Displacement. 600ton.
Maximum Speed. 27k.
Range. 650nm at 27k.

 

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Maiden PMSA Annual Safety review 2022-2023 was held at PMSA HQs Karachi.
DG Pakistan Maritime Security Agency Rear Admiral Imtiaz Ali as chief guest.

 

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The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA), the maritime safety and law enforcement arm of the Pakistan Navy, formally welcomed a new patrol vessel into its fleet in a ceremony held late last month.

The Kashmir-class patrol vessel PMSS Kolachi was built locally by Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KS&EW) with assistance from China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) as part of a technology transfer agreement. It is one of six PMSA patrol vessels to be built under the agreement. The five other ships include Kolachi‘s near identical sister and the four smaller 600-tonne vessels of the Hingol-class.

Design work on the new vessel was provided by CSSC’s marine engineering subsidiary 708 Research Institute. Kolachi is the second and final Kashmir-class patrol vessel but the only one in the class to be built entirely in Pakistan, as sister ship PMSS Kashmir was built at the facilities of CSSC affiliate company Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding in the Chinese city of Guangzhou.

The name of the new patrol vessel was chosen by the PMSA to honour Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi, which originally went by the name of Kolachi up until the mid-1700s. With an LOA of 94 metres, a beam of 12 metres, and a displacement of approximately 1,500 tonnes, Kolachi is also the largest locally-built vessel in the PMSA fleet.

 

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The FRBs, slated to be constructed indigenously at KS&EW, will play a crucial role in advancing PMSA's capabilities.
These vessels are designed to enhance Search & Rescue (SAR) operations, bolster surveillance activities, and strengthen anti-narcotics operations.

 

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Karachi
At the Sindh Chief Minister House, Rear Admiral Imtiaz Ali SI(M), T.Bt & Bar, Director General of Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA), conferred with Chief Minister Sindh, Justice (R). Maqbool Baqar. The meeting revolved around matters of mutual interest, with a primary focus on maritime security.

During the session, DG PMSA shared insights into the upcoming Barracuda series, specifically highlighting the International Marine Oil Spill and Search & Rescue (SAR) exercise BARRACUDA-XII. This initiative aims to strengthen capabilities in handling maritime disasters/emergencies, to combat the marine pollution and ensuring the safety of our coastal & territorial waters.