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Tuesday, Jun 07, 2005
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Shipping Ship accident causes oil slick off East Coast Our Bureau
Mumbai June 6 THE Indian Coast Guard has reported a large oil slick off the East Coast near the Sandheads area in the Bay of Bengal, where an Indian vessel, m.v. Faiz, met with an accident recently. Four persons on board the vessel, including two children of the Master, are feared dead, while the remaining 10-crew members have been rescued by the Coast Guard. The vessel, which was struck by a fire while it was sailing from Yangon to Kolkata, is believed to have sunk in the approximate position 20 deg 41 min North, 088 deg 38 min East, where the oil slick was spotted. According to the Directorate-General of Shipping, the vessel sailed from Yangon on May 27, carrying 15 persons, including the Master and his wife and two children. The ship, owned by the Kolkata-based ITT Shipping Pvt Ltd, was transporting 800 tonnes of pulses. The owners had reported the last contact with the vessel on May 30 from near the Sandheads area. The Coast Guard subsequently located the vessel during aerial sorties, following which a coastal vessel, TCI Lakshmi, was directed to the area. Faiz was sighted by the coastal vessel on June 2 about 130 miles east of Sandheads — the accommodation area of the vessel was completely gutted from the bridge to the engine room. A Coast Guard surface craft reached the scene and on the same day picked up 10 survivors from a life raft in the vicinity of the area. On boarding the gutted ship, officials from the Coast Guard vessel noticed four skulls in and around the Master's cabin. Efforts to tow the ill-fated vessel failed and on June 5 the gutted remains of the vessel sank. The DGS was informed by the Coast Guard that a large oil slick was sighted in the area. The Coast Guard is, however, continuing the search operations.
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