Oil retrieved from sunken Mongolian ship
November 14th, 2009 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Bhubaneswar, Nov 13 (IANS) A US firm hired to pump out oil from a Mongolian flagged ship that sank Sep 9 off the Paradip harbour in Orissa has retrieved all the furnace oil and diesel stored in the ship, a senior port official said Friday.
The team of the Florida-based salvage firm, Resolve Marine Group, began retrieval of the vessel’s oil Oct 23 and completed the work Friday, the official said.
The 975 tonnes of furnace oil and 48 tonnes of diesel stored in the sunken ship has been retrieved.
A total of 27 crew members were on board. One crew member - a Ukrainian national - however, died in the mishap while all others were rescued.
- 176 tonnes of fuel oil retrieved from sunken ship - Oct 26, 2009
- US firm begins work to pump oil from sunken ship - Oct 19, 2009
- US firm to remove oil from sunken Mongolian ship (Lead) - Oct 09, 2009
- Central team reaches Paradip to inspect capsized ship - Sep 26, 2009
- Mongolian ship causing no ecological damage - Sep 22, 2009
- Bids invited to remove oil from ship sunk off Orissa coast - Sep 24, 2009
- Microbes used to clean Orissa oil spill - Oct 09, 2009
- US firm to start pumping out oil from sunken ship - Oct 23, 2009
- Orissa directed to monitor oil spill off Paradip port - Oct 07, 2009
- Oil spill on Orissa coast could be from sunken ship: expert - Sep 22, 2009
- Andhra-based company to plug holes of sunken ship - Sep 27, 2009
- Crew of sunken Mongolian ship leave for home - Nov 10, 2009
- Bad weather prevents oil-plugging on sunken ship - Sep 30, 2009
- Fresh oil from sunken ship blackening Orissa coastline: experts (With Images) - Oct 06, 2009
- Paradip port considers legal action against sunken ship owner - Sep 21, 2009
Tags: crew member, crew members, diesel, furnace oil, mishap, orissa, resolve marine group, salvage, sunken ship, tonnes, ukrainian
