Bangladeshi cargo ship runs aground on Vizag beach

14/10/2020

Visakhapatnam: A 3,000-tonne Bangladeshi cargo vessel MV Maa drifted from the anchorage point and ran aground near Tenneti Park in Visakhapatnam on Oct 13, 2020. As per the initial findings by the Visakhapatnam Port Trust authorities, the ship had one anchor and this was not informed to the port authorities. Due to the persisting deep depression over the bay, the sea had been very rough over the last two days and due to this the ship had lost its other anchor. Since the winds were very strong, the 80-metre-long ship carrying about 15 crew drifted towards the shore and ran aground near Tenneti Park, located on the northern edge of the port limits.

Visakhapatnam, (Samajweekly) A 70-metre long Bangladeshi cargo ship ran aground at a Visakhapatnam beach near Tenneti Park due to heavy rains and winds triggered by the deep depression.

It reached the shore at around 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

“I do not know why the ship ran aground. We will know what failed after completing the investigation,” a local coastal police officer told IANS.

He said currently nobody can embark the ship, nor anybody can disembark from inside.

According to the official, the ship is currently empty.

“Experts have to reach this place, they are all around the country. Some in the UK, some in Dubai, some in Delhi and some in Mumbai,” he said, when asked about the next plan of action.

The official said the captain and the 15 sailors aboard the ship are fine and have all the facilities inside the ship, including food.

According to preliminary reports, the ship’s anchor broke off during heavy winds, leading the vessel to get swept off in the night.

It was also believed to be waiting for more than 20 days to load flyash or qartz cargo.

Meanwhile, the ship is attracting a lot of visitors, who are photographing and taking selfies with it on the background.

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