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New Indian Express
11 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Indian Coast Guard apprehends five individuals for intruding offshore vessel near Kakinada
CHENNAI: The Indian Coast Guard has apprehended five individuals who allegedly boarded an offshore support vessel with the suspected intent to rob, in a maritime security breach that occurred just off the Kakinada coast in Andhra Pradesh. According to officials, the intrusion took place late evening on June 19 when a group of five aboard a fishing boat approached the offshore support vessel MV GH Pathfinder. The vessel was anchored approximately 2.5 nautical miles from the Vakalapudi Lighthouse, operating in waters routinely trafficked by commercial support ships servicing the oil and gas sector in the Bay of Bengal.
New Indian Express
21 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Four fishers from TN's Ramanathapuram fall off boat, one missing
RAMANATHAPURAM: A 40-year-old fisherman went missing after his boat capsized mid-sea in the wee hours on Thursday. Three of his colleagues were rescued by fishermen who were in other boats According to an official in the fisheries department, 445 mechanised boats ventured out in the evening on June 18 from Mandapam. In the wee hours, a boat (IND-TN-11-MM-314) which was carrying four fishermen sunk mid-sea due to technical issues. Immediately some fishermen who were nearby came to their rescue. They rescued three fishermen but K Syed Ibrahimsha (40) went missing. On information about the incident, the fisheries officials in Ramanathapuram set out in boats and searched the area to trace him. Also, information was given to Coast Guard. Till Thursday evening, Ibrahimsha could not be traced, sources said. In another incident, Jowin (33), a fisherman from Rameswaram fell into the sea while fishing 8 nautical miles from the coast. Immediately, other fishermen dived into the sea and rescued him; however, Jowin remained unconscious. On information from the fishermen, the Indian Coast Guard Ship C-432 rushed to the spot and rescued him. ICG sources said the fisherman had suffered an epileptic fit and fell overboard. First-aid was given and he was stabilized. After reaching the coast, he was admitted in the Ramanathapuram GH.
India Today
2 days ago
- General
- India Today
Kerala launches app to report shipwreck debris as 65 containers wash ashore
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced that the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has launched a web application to collect information about objects found on land and at sea in connection with the recent shipwreck off the state's application will help collect key details from citizens including the name of the person who discovered the object, their mobile number, a description of the object, its location or nearest landmark, and initiative comes as 65 containers from the Singapore-flagged container vessel Wan Hai 503, which caught fire off the Beypore coast, on June 9, have been found along Kerala's shoreline. Among the recovered materials, 21 barrels were found in the Vizhinjam and Kovalam areas of Thiruvananthapuram district and have been moved to secure storage at Vizhinjam port. Two more barrels, believed to be related to the shipwreck, washed ashore in Alappad in Kollam district and Kumbala Koippadi in Kasaragod container ship Wan Hai 503 has now been moved 57 nautical miles away from the Kerala coast, with efforts ongoing to tow it further. However, reports indicate that fire and smoke are still present to the Indian Coast Guard, more containers may drift ashore in the southern parts of Ernakulam and along the Alappuzha and Kollam coasts. Authorities have warned the public not to approach or touch any suspicious objects they may find on the shore. People are advised to stay at least 200 meters away and immediately call the emergency number 112 to inform the May 25, a Liberian-flagged container vessel MSC ELSA 3 completely sank 14.6 nautical miles off Kerala's Thottappalli spillway, prompting a large-scale pollution response by the Indian Coast sunken vessel was carrying 640 containers, including 13 classified as hazardous and 12 containing calcium carbide. It also had 84.44 metric tonnes of diesel and 367.1 metric tonnes of furnace oil on board. IN THIS STORY#Kerala
The Hindu
2 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
Oil extraction from MSC Elsa 3 to take more time due to monsoon: DGS
The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) on Wednesday said that due to the prevailing peak monsoon conditions and associated operational risks, it will take more time to extract oil from the Liberian-flagged ship that sank off the Kerala coast last month. The DGS said the present weather conditions provide only a 'narrow and fragmented working window,' which is unsuitable for 'stable and safe' oil extraction efforts. 'Further delay would provide a more reliable window to safely conduct hot tapping and oil recovery,' it said. It further said that the vessel Nand Saarthi -- from where saturation diving operations for oil extraction were to be conducted -- remains at the Kochi port due to prevailing adverse sea conditions. 'Upon improvement in weather, it will sail to the wreck site. Oil recovery equipment on board Nand Saarthi is to be transferred to Canara Megh for the next phase. All accessories and gases remain available and are being held for deployment once the new contractor takes over,' the DGS said. It further said that the SEAMAC III vessel, from which the divers were working to plug the oil leaks in the sunken ship, has been demobilised and was proceeding to Mumbai as all the leaks have been plugged. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has conducted aerial sorties using Dornier aircraft equipped with Pollution Surveillance Systems (PSS) to look for any oil slicks, the DGS said. 'No oil slick has been observed approximately 60 nautical miles from the wreck site. Additional sorties are planned to continue monitoring the situation,' it added. Besides that, satellite imagery from the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) is awaited to confirm whether there were any shoreline and offshore oil traces. Therefore, at present, the salvage operations are in a standby/caretaking phase till the new contractor takes over, it said. Regarding the clean-up operations, the DGS said that handling and disposal of plastic nurdles, which floated to the shores from the ship remains a concern. 'The Customs authorities have requested treating the recovered nurdles as bonded cargo. Approximately 65-75 tonnes is now stored shore-side, awaiting a final disposal decision,' the DGS said.
India Today
2 days ago
- India Today
Kerala police file case against Singaporean ship over vessel fire off coast
The Kerala Police have registered a case against the owner, captain and crew of the Singapore-flagged container vessel Wan Hai 503, which caught fire off the Beypore coast, on June Fort Kochi Coastal Police filed the case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including charges related to rash navigation of a vessel and negligent conduct involving poisonous incident follows an earlier case filed against the Liberian container vessel MSC ELSA 3, which sank off the Kochi coast on May 25. According to the Coast Guard and the Indian Navy, the Singaporean vessel's tow was successfully transferred from Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships to the ocean-going tug Offshore Warrior. The ship continues to emit smoke the vessel was found, it was established that the forward bay fire had been brought under control, but thick smoke continued to rise from the vessel, MV Wan Hai 503. The ship is listing approximately 10 to 15 degrees to port, and more containers have reportedly fallen overboard. Indian Coast Guard ships Samudra Prahari and Sachet carried out firefighting and boundary cooling operations at sea to prevent the flames from spreading operations are still ongoing for the individuals who went missing when the ship caught entire Kerala coastline has been placed on high alert as the authorities fear that some of the containers and oil slicks may drift toward the coasts of Alappuzha, Kollam, Ernakulam and by Rithu Pawar
