
HC orders detention of Panama cargo ship
The Hindu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday ordered the detention of MV Navios Venus, a cargo ship registered in Panama, that was involved in a collision with a mechanised fishing boat off th
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday ordered the detention of MV Navios Venus, a cargo ship registered in Panama, that was involved in a collision with a mechanised fishing boat off the coast near Colachel in Kanniyakumari district. The ship is presently lying in Mumbai Port Trust.
The court was hearing the petition filed by P. Rajamani, the owner of the mechanised fishing boat. He said that the collision took place on October 22 at around 3 p.m., about 20 nautical miles off the coast near Colachel. A total of 17 fishermen on the fishing boat were fishing at the time of the incident.













