GREATSHIP ROHINI

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Beached at Alang 31.03.22

Offshore ship towed to Mumbai

The ‘Greatship Rohini‘ was taken in tow by the offshore supply ship 'Greatship Anjali‘ (IMO: 9408425), and towed away from the NQO platform towards the port of Mumbai. The stability has not been affected by the fire. On Feb 15 at 3.30 p.m. the convoy reached the anchorage of Mumbai with a weather related delay. The bodies of the 4th engineer Anit Antony, 31, from Vasai, the fitter Akshay Nikam, 25, from Borili and the oiler Ranjit Sawant, 49, were admitted to the JJ-Hospital after their recovery to be identified with DNA testings. This will take at least one week.

Three dead in engine room fire

The 'Greatship Rohini' with 18 crew members on board caught fire in the Arabian sea in the Mumbai High Field area, 92 nautical miles Northwest of Mumbai, on Feb 13.,2021, at 03.30 a.m. The fire broke out in the engine room. Three crew members were initially trapped inside the superstructure which was filled with smoke. One officer aboard the vessel, idenitified as Gurbeender Singh (37), was evacuated in a chopper and shifted to hospital. Singh, who worked as electro-technological officer (ETO), has sustained second-degree burns. The 'Seamec-1'', 'Dheeppthi', 'PRivya 27' and 'Varaprada',along with other crew boats and one Coast Guard vessel, were engaged in rescue and cooling operations. The communication with the vessel had broken down, and the company was communicating through neighbouring vessels. There was no major threat to safety and stability of the offshore vessel. A Coast Guard aircraft was monitoring the situation and vectoring other ships to the location for rescue. A team from the CG vessel 'Samarth' boarded the vessel for further assessment. The fire fighting was being coordinated by the 'Samarth'. Meanwhile, a pollution control vessel has also been sent to the scene by the Indian Coast Guard to augment the efforts. The fire was extinguished on Feb 13, but a response team couldn’t board the ship and start searching for the missing three until the morning of Feb 14. When the SAR team, consisting of Coastguard officials and company specialists, boarded the ship, they found the missing sailors dead. The bodies of two were found in the tween-deck area, burnt beyond recognition, and the third body with fatal burn injuries was found in the engine control room.