Centre to set up Bureau of Port Security for vessels, port facilities

The authorities volition represent the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS), a statutory assemblage for the information of vessels and larboard facilities, which volition guarantee timely analysis, postulation and speech of security-related information, with a peculiar absorption connected cybersecurity, officials said connected Friday (December 19, 2025).

Union Home Minister Amit Shah convened a gathering for the constitution of a dedicated body, the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS), for the information of vessels and larboard facilities, a Ministry of Home Affairs connection said.

The connection said that the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) shall beryllium constituted arsenic a statutory assemblage nether the provisions of Section 13 of the recently promulgated Merchant Shipping Act, 2025.

The Bureau, headed by a Director General, shall relation nether the aegis of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) and shall beryllium liable for regulatory and oversight functions relating to the information of ships and larboard facilities, added the statement.

The connection further said that the Bureau is being modelled connected the lines of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). The BoPS shall beryllium headed by an IPS serviceman (Pay Level-15). During the modulation play of 1 year, the Director General of Shipping (DGS/DGMA) shall relation arsenic the Director General, BoPS.