India launches rescue mission as Panama-flagged cargo ship sinks off east coast

India’s maritime rescue agency lost communication on Saturday with a Panama-flagged cargo vessel that sank off the coast of eastern ‌India, the Indian coastguard said. The vessel had 24 crew on board, including 20 Chinese nationals, three Myanmar nationals and one Bangladeshi, according to Commandant Amit Uniyal, a spokesman for the coastguard. The coastguard sent two vessels for the search-and-rescue mission ‌from Sri Vijaya Puram, formerly known as Port Blair, Uniyal said. The coastguard ha...

By Reuters

Cargo vessel sinks off Indian coast

The Panama‑flagged Ocean Winner reportedly had a crew of 24, at least two of whom appear to have been rescued. The ship is thought to have been carrying iron ore from India to Singapore.

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The two rescued Chinese seafarers said the vessel developed a list on Friday and sank within eight minutes, forcing crew to abandon ship, the director general of India's Maritime Administration said.

Panama-Flagged Cargo Ship Sinks 240 Nautical Miles Off Odisha Coast

Ship tracking platform MarineTraffic reported that the vessel had set sail from Paradip Port in Odisha and was on its way to Singapore at the time.

Cargo ship sinks off India with 22 missing

By The National

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