Summary:
The Mercantile Marine Department under the DG Shipping was trying to investigate the incident, it was learnt. However, both agencies would be ready to provide any assistance sought by the DG shipping, they maintained. more-inTwo fishermen part of a five-member crew of the fishing boat Noah reportedly sustained injuries in an alleged collision with a merchant vessel, whose identity remains unknown, some 18 nautical miles west of Munambam, north of Ernakulam,in the early hours of Thursday. The vessel and the crew have returned safe to Munambam. Sources in the Navy and the Coast Guard said the identity of the merchant ship in question could not be established as the name of the ship as reported by the fishermen had not matched with any of the ships present in the area around the time of the incident..