CPT calls tenders to salvage fishing vessel

Kochi | Friday | 22nd September, 2017

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Even worse, the enforcement wing refused to remove the vessel from the channel, they added. more-inKOCHI: With cargo movement being partially affected, making a dent into its revenue, the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) has invited tenders to remove the fishing vessel that sank in the shipping channel on Tuesday. At present, ships cannot ferry their full cargo as the vessel is lying on the water bed. The tender will be finalised on Friday, so that the vessel is removed from the channel at the earliest. “They [enforcement wing] thus violated the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code, official sources said..