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Damage to be assessed on Jindal Kamakshi

General cargo vessel Jindal Kamakshi (9,107 dwt, built 2009), which ran into severe difficulties off Mumbai on Sunday, has been towed by SMIT Salvage to a new safe location at Arnala, off Virar, north of Mumbai. The ship, which required the navy to helicopter the crew off, reached Arnala around 7:30pm last night and the damage which caused the ship to list can now be assessed. “The ship’s salvage was initiated on Monday. The ship is mobilized and the drift has been arrested. The company hired the service of International Salvage Company to carry out the operation. There is no danger of oil spill,” DG Shipping Deepak Shetty told The Times of India. The vessel listed heavily around 40 nm from Mumbai Sunday evening while on its way to Mundra Port http://splash247.com/damage-to-be-assessed-on-jindal-kamakshi/

Abandoned ship still afloat

The "Jindal Kamakshi" was reported to be anchored 40 nm north of Mumbai, 16 nm off the coast between Nala Sopara and Palghar. About 20 floating containerswere spotted in the area. The ship initially had suffered damage due to a falling container 25 nautical miles off Vasai. Soon, the ship listed 20 degrees and started rolling. The captain and the crew tried to restore balance by ballasting the other side of the ship with water, but the effort proved futile. The first distress alert was received by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Mumbai from the captain Mahendra Pal Prabhakar at 11 p.m. It was relayed to the Western Naval Command (WNC) headquarters 15 minutes later. By 12.45 a.m on June 22, a naval Seaking 42 Charlie helicopter reached the spot to conduct an aerial inspection. By 2 a.m., the destroyer INS "Mumbai" left the Naval Dock and reached the spot after two hours. The weather was bad and there was a high possibility of the ship capsizing, so the crew spent a scary night on the bridge. There was a time when they decided to jump into the sea before the ship sank. By 6.15 a.m., weather conditions had worsened due to strong winds, heavy rain and dangerously high waves, making rescue by ship almost impossible. 55 minutes later, the Charlie was re-launched as rescue by it was deemed safer in adverse weather conditions. Also launched was a Coast Guard Chetak helicopter from Daman. By 7.45 a.m., hoisting had started. Within minutes, 19 were airlifted to be brought to INS Shikra, the naval helicopter base at Colaba. The Chetak rescued the ship's captain. At 8.45 a.m.the Navy launched a Seaking Bravo helicopter from Daman to airlift a Navy air diver who had stayed back on the ship until the last crew member was rescued. The operation lasted two hours. The crew were brought to shore in three batches. The rescued crew— four from southern states and the rest from the north — was accomodated at an Andheri hotel. The vessel remained under surveillance, mainly by the INS "Mumbai" and the Coast Guard's ICG offshore patrolling vessel "Samrat". The owners have appointed Smit International to salvage the ship and the work was due to start soon. Reports with photos and video: http://phasernet.com/?p=44411 http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Navy-Coast-Guard-save-crew-of-merchant-vessel/articleshow/47776692.cms http://picsture.com/mumbai-20-employyes-saved-from-jindal-kamakshi-ship-by-navy_1cb070f95.html

Sinking cargo ship abandoned

Enroute to Mundra, the "Jindal Kamakshi" issued a distress signal on June 21, 2015 at 23.10 p.m., reporting a list of 20 degrees and water ingress through a breach in the hull. The ship was disabled and adrift 40 miles north of Mumbai in position 19 28 N 072 27 O, around 15 miles off the Vasai coast in the Arabian sea. The 20 crew members were trying to stop the water ingress and get the situation under control. They flooded an opposite ballast water tank to improve stability. An aircraft was sent to check the situation. At 2:45 a.m. the destroyer "Mumbai" was dispatched and went on standby, ready to evacuate the crew if the situation worsened. After the situation deteriorated and became too risky for the crew, the evacaiuation was requested on June 22 at 7 a.m. 19 of the crew were airlifted to safety by a Seaking 42C of the Indian Navy and brought to INS Shikra in Mumbai, one more on board the vessel was airlifted by a second Navy chopper. The weather was rough and the vessel reportedly sinking. Reports with photo and video: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/navy-rescues-crew-of-sinking-ship-off-mumbai-coast/article7341671.ece http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/navy-deploys-helicopter-to-help-drifting-vessel-773954