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SURAT: One feared dead while six others were rescued when the Tugboat assisting the movement of the Ro-Pax ferry service vessel turned turtle at Dahej port on Thursday afternoon.Sources said that the trial run of the Ro-Pax ferry service vessel between Dahej and Gogha is going on from the last three days. Though the body of the master is yet to be recovered.The marine police immediately rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation along with the staff of the Ro-Pax ferry service.It was last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated Ro-Ro ferry service between Dahej and Gogha. Indigo Seaways, a private company operates this service between Dahej near Bharuch and Gogha near Bhavnagar on daily basis under the public-private partnership (PPP) model with Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB).On Saturday, the new vessel will be inaugurated by CM Vijay Rupani to ferry passengers as well as heavy vehicles, cars and two-wheelers. On the third day, the trial run started from Dahej port in the afternoon after loading the passenger vehicles, trucks and passengers.The tugboat, while assisting the Ro-Pax vessel out of the jetty turned turtle due to the severing of the ropes.While the six people managed to plunge into the sea, the master was inside the tugboat when it turned turtle..