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Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Center – It is specialized facility responsible for co-ordinating maritime search and rescue operations within a designated search & rescue region
- Collaborates with neighbouring MRCCs & International organizations for joint rescue operations
- Location is typically in Coastal states with jurisdiction over maritime areas. Each Coastal state sets up one or more MRCCs depending on the size of its maritime SAR region.
- In India MRCC is operated by the Indian Coast Guard & located in Mumbai, Chennai, Port Blair.