M’luru: Diesel removal from sunken ship MV Princess Miral begins

Team Udayavani, Jan 17, 2023, 9:08 AM IST

The diesel removal process from the Lebanon-bound MV Princess Miral ship that was completely sunk near the Ullal coast began on Monday, January 16.

A team of officers had arrived in the city last week to carry out the diesel removal process.

The ship remained stuck on the coast near New Mangalore in the Arabian Sea since last June 21. The vessel was coming from Tianjin in China carrying 8,000 tonnes of steel coil and was on its way to Beirut in Lebanon.

On June 21 2022, in an expedited search and rescue (SAR) mission carried out, troops of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) had saved 15 Syrian mariners from MV Princess Miral that ran aground off New Mangalore.

The crew of MV Princess Miral abandoned the ship following a breach in the hull, which further led to the ingress of water, and the vessel ran aground. Following this, the crew members raised a rescue call to the nearby areas after which, Indian Coast Guard ships ‘Vikram’ and ‘Amartya’ braved rough waters and difficult weather conditions to reach the foreign vessel and carry out the rescue operation. The ships rescued all the15 Syrian crew members from MV Princess Miral, the ICG statement added.