| Welcome to Natural Hazards Forum. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
| Cracked Asphalt Tanker Saved Off India | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: 9 Jun 2016, 10:14 PM (20 Views) | |
| skibboy | 9 Jun 2016, 10:14 PM Post #1 |
|
Cracked Asphalt Tanker Saved Off India June 9, 2016 by Mike Schuler ![]() Indian Navy A Panamanian-flagged tanker escaped potential disaster overnight after the vessel develop a crack in its hull in the Arabian Gulf off India. The Indian Navy says it was called Wednesday night to provide assistance to the MT Infinity 1 which was taking on water and had developed a dangerous list approximately 20 miles from Goa. The INS Trikand along with the Coast Guard cutter Amal arrived on scene and were able to transfer emergency dewatering equipment to the vessel. With the flooding under control, the Trikand escorted the ship to Karwar where was it was safely anchored. The Navy reported that the CkeuEAOVAAEsOqs was carrying 1,794 metric tons of asphalt. ![]() Indian Navy ![]() Indian Navy Source: gCaptain
|
![]() |
|
| skibboy | 9 Jun 2016, 10:28 PM Post #2 |
|
Photos: Indian Navy Saves Tanker From Flooding![]() All images courtesy Indian Navy / social media 2016-06-09 On Wednesday evening, the 1993-built asphalt carrier Infinity 1 developed a crack in her hull and began flooding and listing in heavy weather 20 nm off the coast of Goa, India. The Indian Navy vessel Trikand and Coast Guard cutter Amal arrived quickly on scene and provided a boarding party of four with high speed dewatering pumps. Aided by the pumps, the team managed to control the rate of flooding; the Infinity retained a list but her condition did not materially worsen. She anchored until early Thursday to await improved conditions, and on Thursday morning, the Trikand and two Coast Guard cutters attended her slow transit to Karwar for inspection. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Infinity's crew of 14 was bound from the UAE to Karwar at the time of the incident; she was bearing a cargo of 1800 tonnes of asphalt. Investigation continues into the cause of the incident. The Panama-flagged Infinity 1 (ex name Heng Hui) is a 3300 dwt asphalt / bitument tanker; she was owned by Wuhan Datong Industry until 2012, when she was sold to a Singaporean firm, then transferred last year to Prime Tankers of Dubai, UAE, according to Equasis. Her entry shows that her classification under China Classification Society ended in 2013 when she transferred to class under a non-IACS society. She has no record of port state control detentions and no prior inspection deficiencies related to structural condition (inspectors in Vietnam did note concerns related SOLAS and hatch integrity last year). Prime Tankers does not list her on its public fleet page. The firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Source:
|
![]() |
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| « Previous Topic · Marine · Next Topic » |






gCaptain









3:54 PM Jul 11