Malaysian ship lost direction,Drift towards Odisha

11/08/2019 shipper

After losing direction Malaysian cargo ship drifts towards Odisha

A Malaysian cargo ship heading to Visakhapatnam anchored near Chilika Lake in Odisha following a storm in the Bay of Bengal after losing direction, police said on Saturday.

Caught in the high tide and storm in the Bay of Bengal.

It created a technical glitch and landed close Rajhans on Wednesday night, Puri’s Sub-Divisional Police officer K.C. Mund said.

Malaysia’s vessel carrying iron ore and other minerals had unloaded its shipment in Bangladesh and was on its manner to the port of Vishakhapatnam. However, owing to technical failures in the Bay of Bengal, it lost its way and drove to Odisha before landing in Rajhans, he added.

Team of Engineers and Mechanics were sent on board,to repair the vessel. .

The police officials were deployed on the spot

The vessel has 10 crew members, 7 from Malaysia, 1 from India and 2 from the Philippines.

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