The captain charged with environmental offences after oil spilled from the bulk carrier
The Jordanian captain, Romanian chief engineer and owner of the Panama-flagged Rak Carrier, which sank off Mumbai, India on 4 August, have been arrested and charged with environmental offences after oil spilled from the bulk carrier.
The 30 crewmembers – 21 Indonesians, six Jordanians, two Romanians and a Palestinian – were rescued from the sinking ship and then taken to a police station. The vessel was carrying coal, fuel oil and diesel oil.
Oil was reported to have spilled for around seven nautical miles around the vessel, which went down 20-25 nautical miles off Mumbai. Fishers have been directed not to fish in the area.
Source: ITF
