After Alliance, another tug in distress off Mangaluru coast, rescue efforts on
The Hindu
Efforts were on to trace six missing crew from tug Alliance; one crew member slips into raging Arabian Sea from container vessel SSL Ganga.
Close on the heels of tug Alliance capsizing off Mangaluru coast on May 15 leaving one dead, five missing and three surviving, another tug, Coromondel, with unknown number of occupants, drifted north on May 15 evening and was near Padubidri beach rocks on May 16. The Indian Coast Guard has been making efforts to rescue the crew amid raging waves. Tug Alliance was under active contract with Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd., (MRPL) for operating the latter’s single point mooring about 17 km off the coast to offload crude from Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC). Coromondel’s contract had ended in December 2020 and the vessel was in the outer anchorage of New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) since then. With its crew found to be positive to COVID-19, the vessel lay berthed at the anchorage from May 5, according to sources. Karnataka Coast Guard Commander, DIG S.B. Venkatesh told The Hindu the Coast Guard was making best efforts to rescue the Coromondel crew. NMPT sources said ICG vessels and personnel were unable to go near Coromondel even though an ICG Ship escorted the tug from a distance.More Related News