New Delhi: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is on alert following oil spill from Haldia-bound Portuguese flag ship, MV Devon, the Defence Ministry stated here today. The ship carrying 10,795 tonnes of general cargo in 382 containers and manned by 17 crew, is continuing its voyage to Haldia and likely to reach on June 18, 2021.
A crack had caused the spillage of about 10 KL of oil into the sea before preventive action was taken and remaining oil in tank was transferred to another tank by the ship’s crew.
The ICG is in continuous contact with MV Devon and the master has reported that the vessel is stable. ICG Pollution response team at Chennai has been alerted and kept on standby. In addition, ICG ships & aircraft deployed at sea are also put on alert in pollution response configuration.
The Ministry stated that the ICG had received information from Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo in late hours of June 16, 2021 about a mid-sea oil spill about 450 kms South East of Chennai. On further investigation, it was revealed that a Portuguese flag Container ship MV Devon, on passage from Colombo to Haldia, West Bengal, developed an underwater crack in the fuel tank containing about 120 KL of Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil.
#MVDevon enroute Haldia from Colombo reported fuel tank breach resulting in spillage of 10KL oil into sea approx 250 nm SE of Chennai on 16 Jun. Vessel stable & continuing passage. All concerned informed by @IndiaCoastGuard. Situation being monitored.@DefenceMinIndia @moefcc pic.twitter.com/aCSJ62xb9k
— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) June 17, 2021
– global bihari bureau
