Mumbai Ship Collision

• Navy warship INS Vindhyagiri tilts precariously, 300 tonnes of fuel on board

  A once majestic warship now stands - just barely - in less than seven metres of water on the floor of the naval dockyard in Mumbai.  (See Pictures)Still, there is much to be thankful for. Nobody was on board the INS Vindhyagiri when the fire began a little after 4 last evening, the result of a collision with another ship. (Read: Government i...

• Mumbai oil slick: Probe finds MV Khalijia to blame

  Nearly a month after the collision of two cargo ships, MV Khalijia and MSC Chitra, off the Mumbai coast resulted in a massive oil slick, the inquiry by the Director General of shipping has found that the MV Khalijia was mainly responsible for the accident. The collision had resulted in over 800 tonnes of oil leaking from the Chitra and it's cargo h...

• Mumbai ship collision: MSC Chitra owners told to pay up

  The owners of MSC Chitra, which collided with another cargo ship resulting in an oil slick off the Mumbai coast, have been asked to pay full compensation for the August 7 collision. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil slick)Port authorities have sent notices to the merchant vessel's owners, the Mediterranean Shipping Company, asking them to pay full compensat...

• Ship collision: Another big scare off Mumbai coast

  Just when things seemed to have settled after the Mumbai ship collision, there is a new crisis. A hundred of the 250 odd containers that had drifted from the vessel MSC Chitra, have gone missing. Two of these containers are carrying hazardous chemical substances. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil slick)The Navy is conducting a survey of the sea using sonar ...

• Exclusive: Minutes after ship collision

  NDTV has access to the exclusive visuals of the rescue operations on the MSC Chitra, 23 minutes after it collided with another ship MV Khalijia on Saturday. Rescue workers arrived on a red boat onto the tilting ship.At the time of the collision, a private tugboat, Vamsee III, was escorting Khalijia into the Mumbai Port. Its crew and captain, among ...

• The moments after Mumbai ship collision

  When the collision between cargo ships MV Khalijia and the MSC Chitra happened, there was a private tug - Vamsee 3 - that was escorting MV Khalijia into the Mumbai port.The crew and the captain were among the few eyewitnesses to the accident who say Khalijia may have had a steering gear problem.Speaking to NDTV, the Captain of the ship, Capt RK Huk...

• Mumbai ship collision: Captain blames Captain

  The Captain of the MSC Chitra, the ship carrying oil and pesticide that collided with another close to the Mumbai harbour on Saturday, has been granted interim bail by the Sessions court. (Mumbai oil spill in pics) Captain Mandeleno Ranjit Martin had said in his bail plea that the collision happened because of a navigational error which was caused ...

• Mumbai oil spill: Clean up will take 45 days

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday visited the Coastguard office to discuss the clean-up operations of the oil spill which was caused after two cargo ships, MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia collided off the Mumbai coast on Saturday. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil spill)Sources say experts have told the Maharashtra government it may take 45 days...

• Oil spill off the coast of Mumbai, grounded ship capsizing

  Hectic efforts are underway to contain an oil spill off the Mumbai coast. Two merchant ships collided on Saturday at the mouth of the Mumbai harbour. The MSC Chitra tilted sharply under the impact, resulting in the oil spill. The other ship, Khalijia was at the harbour for over a fortnight for repair work when the collision took place. (See picture...

• Coast Guard ship in collision at Mumbai docks

  A merchant ship collided with an Indian Coast Guard vessel off the Mumbai Coast on Tuesday but no one was injured.