Indian Coast Guard Saves 23 Crew Members From Flooding Chemical Tanker Off Odisha
The Indian Coast Guard rescued 23 crew members of a chemical tanker that suffered from engine failure and flooding of a ballast tank off Odisha.
The MT Seagull 9, sailing under the flag of Belize with 9000 tonnes of palm oil, had sent a distress message on Sunday morning when it was 37 nm from Paradip and was tilting to one side due to instability caused by water ingress.
After the information reached the Coast Guard, it sent the offshore patrol ship ICGS Vishwast to the scene, and a specialist team boarded the tanker under difficult conditions.
They got to work, focusing both on rescuing the crew members and removing the water from the tank using…