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Grounding near Kolkata
The 'Kota Rajin', enroute from Singapore, ran aground on the Hoogly river bank below Kolkata in position 22 16 32N, 88 05 40E on May 14, 2021, at 6.57 a.m. while proceeding upstream towards the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust (former Kolkata Port Trust. The vessel swayed away from the shipping channel. The vessel was blocking the channel partially and restricted movements of ships to the port. The port authorities opened-up another channel for shipping, but deep draft ships could not navigate through it. Several tugs were deployed to assist the ship which was refloated in the afternoon and berthed Kolkata, where it berthed on May 17 at 5.15 a.m. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-8i898mnM8&feature=emb_title
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