15 Bangladeshi Sailors Whose Ship Capsized In Kolkata, Still Detained Since March End
Officials of the worried divisions, such as the Bangladesh Shipping Department were not able to share details relating to the return of seafarers to the homeland. Some need to state that the significant factor for the hold-up is the absence of arrangement relating to payment and also seafarers wanting to be back in the nation with each other.
On the 29 April night, the ship’s proprietor had actually promised to restore stuck seafarers within concerning a week. However, 3 weeks passed given that his assurance. No choice has actually yet been made. To repatriate the stuck seafarers, letters have actually been provided to the DG Shipping of India, Kolkata Port Authority, Bangladesh High Commission in India, Ministry of External Affairs, Indian High Commission in Bangladesh, and also the Ministry of Shipping.
Container vessels in between the nations are running using the Coastal Shipping Agreement adhering to the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and also Trade (PIWTT) in between India and also Bangladesh.
Per information resources, on 20 March, 15 seafarers left from Chittagong port for Kolkata on the ship called‘MV-MarinTrust-01’ There they got here on March 23. At around 9 get on 24 March, the ship tipped over and also rescinded after it unloaded the freight containers at Kolkata Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Port’sLot No 5. That is when these seafarers left the vessel. Onboard the ship was 120 containers and also 45 containers of 20 feet and also 40 feet, specifically. The containers considered concerning 3,089 statistics tonnes. The ship was arranged to leave from Kolkata and also come to Chittagong port on 25 March.
On 28 April, around the mid-day, 15 seafarers submitted a brief video clip message on social networks systems. Via a video clip, they shared the wish to be back in Bangladesh.
Describing what took place in the crash, Fahim Faisal, the ship’s primary designer stated that the Kolkata Port Authority made them remain at theMarine Club Hotel Their tickets have actually been confiscated and also are under siege for greater than a month currently.
Reference: dailyindustry.news
