Summary:
The ship’s owners Shreyas Shipping and Logistics has already engaged Singaporebased SMIT Salvage to tow the vessel to safety. We received instructions from the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in Visakhapatnam to stop the ship from approaching the Sunderbans delta. Otherwise, there seems to be no structural damage to the ship and the immediate possibility of an oil spill doesn’t exist. Experts from the firm have left Haldia in two tugs hired from KoPT and reached the spot on Saturday evening. Though the fire on board isn’t a major one, dense smoke is spewing out from containers to the centre of the vessel..