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Indian Coast Guard rescues 28 crew of merchant ship near Mumbai | The Indian Coast Guard has rescued a merchant vessel that was in distress on the high seas off the country's western coast, thus saving 28 crewmembers, including six foreigners. Narendra Visfote, Public Relations Officer, Ministry
of Defence disclosed this in Mumbai on Monday. He said that the UK registered
vessel M.V Khalijia-3, fully loaded with 30,000 ton steel coils, was sailing to
Mumbai from China and had requested for assistance. "Indian Coast Guard received
a rescue call from Messrs Quadrant Maritime Private Limited at about 8:50 p.m.
yesterday that their vessel M.V Khalijia-3 is having excessive flooding and requested
for assistance. The Coast Guard regional headquarters operation center promptly
initiated the actions to render assistance," said Visfote. The Coast Guard's fast
patrol craft Subhadra Kumari Chauhan was immediately sent with adequate repair
facilities, submersible pumps and divers to extend help to the ship in distress,
he said. "On arrival, the Coast Guard ship went along side the merchant vessel
and evacuated all 28 crews which included six foreigners in a daring act during
the dark hours in rough sea and heavy rains," said Visfote. A helicopter has also
been sent to the location to stop the oil leakage from the vessel. "Chetak helicopter
is also looking after the same thing and a team is also there now and they are
seeing that some oil leakage that has happened and they are taking all types of
precautions," added Visfote. The rescue operation lasted for six hours. The incident
took place about six nautical miles from Mumbai Port. |
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