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Diving operation to identify and plug the oil leak from the sunk cargo vessel Diving operation to identify and plug the oil leak from the sunk cargo vessel M V Rak are expected to begin today, the Directorate General of Shipping said, even as Coast Guard assured that the spill has decreased considerably. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been directed to make available a specialised diving support vessel to undertake the preliminary assessment of the leak, the DGS said in a statement. The local protection and indemnity (P&I) correspondent has also been instructed to engage an expert diving supervisor to guide the diving operations which are likely to commence in the early hours of Thursday, it added. "The expert divers would identify the source of leak and, whether it is practicable and possible to plug the leak to check the outflow," the DGS said, adding that sea and weather conditions will have to be favourable for diving operations.Source: Maritime Connector

MV Rak sank 20 nautical miles off the coast of Mumbai One tonne of oil is coming out of the sunk cargo vessel M V Rak every hour and traces of oil have been observed up to 12 nautical miles off the site, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) said."The continuous trail of the oil leak from the vessel is observed up to 12 nautical miles, very thick oil up to one nautical mile, thick layer of oil up to two nautical miles,"the DGS said in a statement issued here after a meeting with concerned agencies to discuss the impact of the sunk vessel and measures undertaken.Maharashtra government's environmental department has reported that oil patches have been seen at Gorai, Alibaug and proximate area besides the Juhu Beach, it said.M V Rak sank 20 nautical miles off the coast of the city while on a voyage from Indonesia to Gujarat. At the time of sinking it was reported to be carrying 60,000 tonnes of coal, more importantly 325 tonnes of fuel oil and 56 tonnes of diesel which is causing the environmental damage.The local P and I (protection and indemnity) correspondent will be mobilising resources to either seal the source ...

Coast Guard officials rescued as many as 30 crewmembers from MV RAK On Thursday morning, Coast Guard officials rescued as many as 30 crewmembers from the cargo vessel MV RAK, even as 3/4th of the 225 meter-long vessel had sunk into the choppy waters of the Arabian Sea. MV Rak was carrying 60,054 meteric tonne of coal.Toral Varia, brings you a blow-by-blow account of the rescue operation. The first SOS call was made at 7.25 hours on Thursday by a crewmember of the Panama-registered bulk vessel MV RAK, relaying a call sign 3FYL7 to the Vessel Traffic Management Service."Please help us! Our boat is sinking!"Co-ordinates of the vessel at the time of the call was approximately 20 nautical miles from Mumbai near 248 Prongs Light. The ship, which started off from Lubak Tutung port, Indonesia and was on its way to Dahej in Gujarat.The call was received by the Coast Guard Ops Centre in Mumbai and immediately a search and rescue op was launched. The centre communicated the distress to the Indian Navy and simultaneously launched two HELO choppers from Coast Guard base INS Shikra at 8:15 hours and 8:30 hours respectively.They diverted the Coast Guard pollution control vessel CGS ...