Wisdom Juhu

• After MV Wisdom: Pavit is the latest lure on Juhu beach

  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.

• Finally, MV Wisdom sails out of Juhu beach

  The cargo ship MV Wisdom finally moved into the sea today, after being stuck at Mumbai's Juhu beach for the last 20 days.An international salvage company, Smit Salvage, tugged away MV Wisdom, after three earlier attempts to salvage the ship during high tide had failed, sparking environmental concerns at Juhu beach.The MV Wisdom - owned by a Singapo...

• Is Wisdom spewing oil into the Arabian Sea?

  The stately silhouette of the stranded cargo ship MV Wisdom was, till a few days ago, the cynosure of all eyes on the Juhu beach. But the prolonged presence of the vessel has quickly turned the entire region into an eyesore, choking the waters with plastic, and roads with traffic. The ship is possibly plunging the surrounding waters into an ecologi...

• Teenager drowns while Wisdom-spotting at Juhu

  A teen boy has reportedly drowned at Mumbai's Juhu Beach where he was trying to spot a cargo ship that has been stranded there for nearly two weeks.The MV Wisdom - a ship owned by a Singapore company- was on its way from Colombo to the Alang shipyard in Gujarat when it ran into a series of technical problems.  It first drifted dangerously clos...

• Private lifeguards keep Wisdom watchers at bay

  The big boat at Juhu beach is almost costing people their lives. MV Wisdom, which sailed from the high seas and landed off Juhu beach on June 11, has attracted a swarm of curious people, but not without a few hitches. As the more enthusiastic have started swimming all the way up to the vessel in the deep sea to take a look at it up close, incidents...

• MV Wisdom salvage operation put off for 15 days

  Efforts to salvage cargo vessel M V Wisdom, stuck on the Juhu beach for the past one week, were abandoned for the third day today with officials stating that operations have been hampered for at least a fortnight.     "The salvaging operations have been called off for today and we will have to wait for another fortnight before w...

• Second attempt at towing MV Wisdom from Juhu Beach fails

  For the second day in a row, attempts to salvage the 9000-ton cargo ship, MV Wisdom, from the Juhu Beach have failed. The operations were called off after the vessel did not respond as expected. It only moved some 3-4 degrees after the tugs tried to pull it."The ship didn't exactly respond the way we expected it to. What happened is after the tugs ...

• 9000-ton ship at Juhu Beach encounters new problems

  Attempts to tow the 9000-ton cargo ship that's stuck near Mumbai's Juhu Beach were abandoned today after a cable meant to link the ship to a tug-boat snapped.Salvage operations began early this morning with naval helicopters dropping cables and other equipment to the MV Wisdom, which is to be towed to the Alang shipyard in Gujarat for dismantling.A...

• 9000-ton ship near Juhu Beach needs to be moved. But how?

  It had turned into a major attraction at Juhu Beach. And this afternoon the merchant vessel Wisdom drew bigger crowds than ever in Mumbai as the Navy began salvage operations that, if successful, will allow the ship to slowly be moved away.The MV Wisdom - a massive cargo ship - was on its way from Colombo to the Alang shipyard in Gujarat to be dism...

• Navy leads attempts to move massive cargo ship from Juhu beach

  It had turned into a major attraction at Juhu Beach.  And this afternoon the merchant vessel Wisdom drew bigger crowds than ever in Mumbai as the Navy began salvage operations that would effectively allow the ship to slowly be moved away .The MV Wisdom -  a massive cargo ship - was being tugged from Colombo to the Alang shipyard in Gujara...