Friday 15 June 2018

Container ship catches fire in Bay of Bengal, 22 mariners rescued


The Coast Guard on Thursday rescued all 22 crew members of a domestic container ship that caught fire near Sandheads in the Bay of Bengal at around midnight, reported PTI.
The container vessel named ‘MV SSL Kolkata’ caught fire and went adrift about 55 nautical miles from Sandheads anchorage near the confluence of the Bay of Bengal and the Hooghly river. Coast Guard Commander (NE) Inspector General K S Sheoran told PTI that all the crew members were rescued by the Coast Guard this morning amid rough sea and inclement weather.


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