Coast Guard rescues stranded crew of cargo ship in Kerala
India | March 12, 2022 23:41 ISTThe Coast Guard was alerted by a distress call from MSV Bilal which reported water ingress and engine failure while proceeding to Lakshadweep.
The Coast Guard was alerted by a distress call from MSV Bilal which reported water ingress and engine failure while proceeding to Lakshadweep.
A rescue operation has been launched with the help of the Coast Guard to find the eight missing fishermen.
According to the PRO Defence, Gujarat, the collision took place on November 26 night.
There were seven crew members on the boat and one of them also sustained a minor injury in the firing incident, he said.
In a joint operation, the Indian Coast Guard and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Gujarat Police apprehended an Iranian boat carrying over 30 kg heroin.
The seven crew members, all Iranian nationals, were apprehended, officials said.
The boat was a mini barge and was spotted around 10 nautical miles from Builgaon-Kalamb area in Vasai West.
The helicopters which are part of ALH Mk III programme will be positioned at four Coast Guard squadrons at Bhubaneshwar, Porbandar, Kochi and Chennai.
Indian Coast Guard in a joint operation with ATS Gujarat apprehended one Pakistani boat with 8 Pakistani nationals and 30 kg of heroin said Director General Krishnaswamy Natarajan on April 15.
Fishermen had ventured into the sea on boat ISB 'Rabah', which set off from Beypore near Kerala's Kozhikode with 14 fishermen on board.
Karnataka Coast Guard rescued six crew members of MSV Safina-Al-Mirzal, which sank mid-sea on March 20. Dhow reportedly sunk in mid-sea.
Canadian and American rescuers are describing a tightly choreographed effort in heaving Atlantic seas that saved 31 seafarers early Wednesday before an offshore scallop dragger sank off Nova Scotia.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a helicopter crew in Alaska rescued a hiker on Saturday, after a bear mauled the man. He was attacked while backcountry skiing near Haines, Alaska.
The 'Exercise Sea Vigil', the 2-day coastal defence exercise was conducted on 12th-13th Jan. It involved deployment of entire coastal security apparatus. Over 110 surface assets of Indian Navy Coast Guard participated in the exercise. Large number of Marine Police and Customs assets was also deployed in the drill.
An indigenously built interceptor boat C-454 of Indian Coast Guard was commissioned in Gujarat's Surat.
Indian Coast Guard ship 'Sujeet' was commissioned in Goa on December 15. The ship is the second in the series of 5 off-shore patrol vessels indigenously designed and built by Goa Shipyard Limited.
Indian Coast Guard vessel deployed off Chennai coast with disaster relief items, in view of cyclone Nivar.
The commissioning ceremony of ship Kanaklata Barua was held on Sep 30 at Coast Guard headquarters in Delhi.
The Director General of the Indian Coast Guard, K Natarajan informed that there is one loss of life as of now.
The Indian Coast Guard has said oil sheen has been observed astern/backside of the very large crude carrier (VLCC) New Diamond that has been on fire for the past six days. The Coast Guard said oil spill dispersants were sprayed by its Dornier aircraft to neutralise.
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