Omani ship sinks off Gujarat coast; 17 crew-members rescued

[Hindustani78]

Omani ship sinks off Gujarat coast; 17 crew-members rescued
Rajkot, Apr 4, 2015, (PTI)

Indian Coast Gaurd and state marine police today rescused 17 crew members, 15 of them Pakistani, of a ship from Oman which sank about ten nautical miles from the Pipavav port in Gujarat's Amreli district.

The ship -- Abdullah-- was heading for Alang ship-breaking yard for dismantling.

All the 17 crew-members -- 15 from Pakistan, five from Yemen and one each from India and Iraq -- were rescued, said Amreli Superitendent of Police Antrip Sood.

 

[Armstrong]

Unless my maths is really bad I think that'll put it a total of 22 crew members !

That said; Thank You !

 

[SrNair]

Good work ICG

 

[45'22']

Good job ICG

 

[ranjeet]

Is it an example of talk less and do more?


Edit: Good job to ICG and vedic mathematics fail for the reporter.

 

[ali_raza]

should have came to gadani

 

[Hindustani78]

Ailing crew member of foreign ship rescued by Indian Coast Guard | Zee News
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 17:32


Ahmedabad: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Tuesday rescued a sick crew member of a Malta-based cargo ship off the Gujarat coast near Porbandar in Arabian Sea.


"The Coast Guard today evacuated one crew of a Malta- based cargo ship off the Gujarat coast and provided him necessary medical treatment," Inspector General Kuldipsingh Sheoran, Commander Coast Guard region (north-west), said.

"We received a telephonic message for an urgent medical evacuation from a Malta-flagged LPG carrier 'Motor Tanker Hellas Serenity' that one of their crew members, named Kaloudis Gerasimos, was suffering from acute appendicitis," Sheoran said.

The ship was about 305 nautical miles from Gujarat coast and was advised to proceed to Porbandar for subsequent air-lifting of the crew member and medical treatment, he said.

The vessel arrived near Porbandar in the wee hours today and the Coast Guard's advance light helicopter successfully airlifted the patient and provided him first aid and medical treatment, Sheoran said.

The condition of the crew member is stable and he has been shifted to a Rajkot hospital for further treatment with the help of the vessel's local agent, he said.

The cargo ship is an LPG carrier, on passage from Fujairah in United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Indonesia.

PTI