Mt Pavit

The drifting of merchant ship MT Pavit into Indian waters undetected was an "aberration," said Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Saturday. He added that some lessons have been drawn from the incident.

A mission to refloat the MT Pavit, on Monday, was successful. The ship which had run aground on Mumbai's shores, is now being taken to Gujarat.

After MT Pavit, a 77-metre-long, 1000 ton ship, drifted onto Mumbai's shore last week, Defence Minister AK Antony will review the coastal security. Mr Antony will look into how the ship drifted into Mumbai undetected.The ship sneaking into Mumbai, is a serious security concern. Mumbai is supposed to be on high alert following serial blasts last mo...

After MV Wisdom's long halt off the Juhu beach in June, Panama-flagged MT Pavit, an oil tanker, which ran aground here around 11 am on Sunday is the new crowd-puller on the city's shores.

In the second such incident in six weeks, a huge ship on Sunday drifted to and ran aground at Juhu beach here, officials said.The ship is oil tanker, laden with 10 tonnes of fuel oil and another 10 tonnes of gas oil, an defence official said.The 21-year old ship, MT Pavit, flying a Panama flag, drifted here from Ras Al Madrakah in Oman following en...

The drifting of merchant ship MT Pavit into Indian waters undetected was an "aberration," said Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Saturday. He added that some lessons have been drawn from the incident.

A mission to refloat the MT Pavit, on Monday, was successful. The ship which had run aground on Mumbai's shores, is now being taken to Gujarat.

After MT Pavit, a 77-metre-long, 1000 ton ship, drifted onto Mumbai's shore last week, Defence Minister AK Antony will review the coastal security. Mr Antony will look into how the ship drifted into Mumbai undetected.The ship sneaking into Mumbai, is a serious security concern. Mumbai is supposed to be on high alert following serial blasts last mo...

After MV Wisdom's long halt off the Juhu beach in June, Panama-flagged MT Pavit, an oil tanker, which ran aground here around 11 am on Sunday is the new crowd-puller on the city's shores.

In the second such incident in six weeks, a huge ship on Sunday drifted to and ran aground at Juhu beach here, officials said.The ship is oil tanker, laden with 10 tonnes of fuel oil and another 10 tonnes of gas oil, an defence official said.The 21-year old ship, MT Pavit, flying a Panama flag, drifted here from Ras Al Madrakah in Oman following en...