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The "Tiger Spring" which had partially chocked the navigation channel of the Kolkata Port Trust, has been salvaged by Dec 21. The wreck which was partially blocking the navigation channel was salvaged by a crane which was brought in from Singapore. The vessel has been anchored in Diamond Harbour and the cargo unloaded.

FAITH 9301108

The "Tiger Spring" could be towed away early next week. A high-capacity crane from Singapore is being used to offload the ship’s cargo. The crane had already offloaded 170 containers, weighing around 3,500 tonnes, which is almost half of the ship’s cargo. Not the entire cargo needs to be offloaded.

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The Kolkata Port Trust has suspended ship movements to and from Kolkata Dock System. Following the suspension, two container vessels, the "Pac Natuna" and "Mondena", which had left earlier in the day, returned to the KDS berths, on Dec 6. The suspension followed after the "Tiger Spring" was drifting in high tides and coming closer to the navigable channel. The sudden drifting of the vessel towards the channel foreced the Port authorities, forcing them to stop ship movements to prevent another potential disaster. The suspension of inward movement of vessels is followed a sudden rush of the mud in the river choking the channel on the western side of the river, so much so that the Port authorities have been forced to declare a draught reduction to 5.4 metres against the earlier draught of 6.5 metres.