Vessel capsize in Karnaphuli disrupts Ctg port operation
Thursday, 23 April 2009
CHITTAGONG, Apr 22 (UNB): The movement of ships between Chittagong port and outer anchorage remained suspended after a lighterage vessel carrying clinker capsized in the Karnaphuli channel Tuesday night. The master of the vessel is still missing.
"The vessel has been located and the authorities are taking preparations to clear the channel," said Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Secretary Syed Farhaduddin Ahmed.
He said that a CPA team conducted a survey Wednesday morning around the place where the vessel capsized.
The CPA secretary said they formed a three-member committee headed by Engineer Sirajul Islam, chief nautical surveyor (Mercantile Marine Department), to probe the incident and also to conduct the salvage operation.
The authorities have already asked the owner of the capsized vessel to jointly conduct the salvage operation.
Meanwhile, following the accident, some 43 ships remained stranded at the outer anchorage unable to enter the channel while five ships failed to leave the port.
Earlier, Tuesday evening, a lighterage vessel carrying clinker capsized in the estuary of the Karnaphuli River near Chittagong Seaport.
Among 12 crewmembers of the vessel, 11 managed to swim ashore while its master, Bahar, remained missing.
"The vessel has been located and the authorities are taking preparations to clear the channel," said Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Secretary Syed Farhaduddin Ahmed.
He said that a CPA team conducted a survey Wednesday morning around the place where the vessel capsized.
The CPA secretary said they formed a three-member committee headed by Engineer Sirajul Islam, chief nautical surveyor (Mercantile Marine Department), to probe the incident and also to conduct the salvage operation.
The authorities have already asked the owner of the capsized vessel to jointly conduct the salvage operation.
Meanwhile, following the accident, some 43 ships remained stranded at the outer anchorage unable to enter the channel while five ships failed to leave the port.
Earlier, Tuesday evening, a lighterage vessel carrying clinker capsized in the estuary of the Karnaphuli River near Chittagong Seaport.
Among 12 crewmembers of the vessel, 11 managed to swim ashore while its master, Bahar, remained missing.