Indian Crew Stranded On Ship

A stranded cargo ship that has been blocking one of America's busiest ports will be removed Monday nearly two months after it struck and destroyed a bridge in Baltimore, authorities said over the weekend.

The Indian crew onboard a crippled container vessel that collided against a key bridge in Baltimore last week is "healthy", according to a nonprofit organisation that has been in touch with the personnel.

The Coast Guard on Wednesday said it successfully coordinated the rescue of a mechanised sailing vessel's crew of nine, with the ship bound for Maldives from Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu getting flooded during its voyage.

MV Hermeez in coordination with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai on Wednesday rescued 12 crew members who were on board MV Kanchan that was stranded off Umargam.

The Indian Navy provided assistance to a stranded cargo ship with seven Indian crew members as it was drifting in the Gulf of Oman following failure of its propulsion and power generation systems, officials said on Friday.

The fate of 16 Indian sailors of a cargo ship stranded outside a Chinese port for six months remained uncertain as China did not say when their ordeal would end.

India on Friday said its Ambassador in Beijing has taken up with the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister the issue of 39 Indian sailors stranded on two cargo ships in Chinese waters and requested early approval for crew change for Indian crew members aboard the two vessels.

Union Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Indian sailors stuck in China will be brought back soon as diplomatic talks are on with the neighbouring country.

China said on Friday that there was no "link" between the situation of Indian crew on two stranded ships at Chinese ports and its strained relations with India and Australia.

As many as 146 Indian crew members stranded on board a cruise ship due to the coronavirus pandemic, will disembark in Mumbai tomorrow, over a month after the vessel set off from Thailand, the Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said today.

Two more Indian crew members onboard a cruise ship stranded near a Japan coast have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of infected Indians on the vessel to 14, the Indian embassy said on Monday.

The owner of British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized by Iran on July 19 with 23 crew, including 18 Indians on board, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene to seek the release of the vessel.

In a harrowing ordeal, nine members of a cargo ship crew, including five Indians, have been stranded on their vessel outside Pakistan's Karachi port for over a year as they have yet to be paid their dues totalling around USD 300,000.

Five Indian sailors have been stranded for the last five months on an oil tanker without salary and basic amenities in Oman, a media report said. The situation, according to the report, is so dire that even a water cooler that was arranged for the crew has been removed owing to non-payment by ship owners.

A stranded cargo ship that has been blocking one of America's busiest ports will be removed Monday nearly two months after it struck and destroyed a bridge in Baltimore, authorities said over the weekend.

The Indian crew onboard a crippled container vessel that collided against a key bridge in Baltimore last week is "healthy", according to a nonprofit organisation that has been in touch with the personnel.

The Coast Guard on Wednesday said it successfully coordinated the rescue of a mechanised sailing vessel's crew of nine, with the ship bound for Maldives from Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu getting flooded during its voyage.

MV Hermeez in coordination with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai on Wednesday rescued 12 crew members who were on board MV Kanchan that was stranded off Umargam.

The Indian Navy provided assistance to a stranded cargo ship with seven Indian crew members as it was drifting in the Gulf of Oman following failure of its propulsion and power generation systems, officials said on Friday.

The fate of 16 Indian sailors of a cargo ship stranded outside a Chinese port for six months remained uncertain as China did not say when their ordeal would end.

India on Friday said its Ambassador in Beijing has taken up with the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister the issue of 39 Indian sailors stranded on two cargo ships in Chinese waters and requested early approval for crew change for Indian crew members aboard the two vessels.

Union Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Indian sailors stuck in China will be brought back soon as diplomatic talks are on with the neighbouring country.

China said on Friday that there was no "link" between the situation of Indian crew on two stranded ships at Chinese ports and its strained relations with India and Australia.

As many as 146 Indian crew members stranded on board a cruise ship due to the coronavirus pandemic, will disembark in Mumbai tomorrow, over a month after the vessel set off from Thailand, the Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said today.

Two more Indian crew members onboard a cruise ship stranded near a Japan coast have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of infected Indians on the vessel to 14, the Indian embassy said on Monday.

The owner of British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized by Iran on July 19 with 23 crew, including 18 Indians on board, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene to seek the release of the vessel.

In a harrowing ordeal, nine members of a cargo ship crew, including five Indians, have been stranded on their vessel outside Pakistan's Karachi port for over a year as they have yet to be paid their dues totalling around USD 300,000.

Five Indian sailors have been stranded for the last five months on an oil tanker without salary and basic amenities in Oman, a media report said. The situation, according to the report, is so dire that even a water cooler that was arranged for the crew has been removed owing to non-payment by ship owners.