The Indian Navy rushed help to a stranded cargo ship which was drifting in the high seas while sailing from Oman to Iraq after the failure of its propulsion, power generation machinery and navigational equipment.
The Indian Navy on Thursday dispatched its VBSS (Visit Board, Search and Seizure) team along with a technical team by boat to offer assistance to the stranded merchant cargo ship MV Nayan that had seven Indians as her crew.
The Navy rushed its technical assistance MV Nayan after INS Talwar deployed in the Gulf of Oman, received a broadcast call from the stranded merchant cargo ship MV Nayan. The cargo ship, on transit from Oman to Iraq, was drifting at sea since 09 Mar 21 “owing to failure of its propulsion, power generation machinery and navigational equipment”.
“Based on preliminary aerial assessment about the distress of MV Nayan, the Indian Naval Ship dispatched its VBSS (Visit Board, Search and Seizure) team along with a technical team by boat to offer assistance to the vessel that had seven Indians as her crew,” a statement issued by defence spokesperson said here on Friday.
“The naval teams worked continuously for seven hours onboard MV Nayan to operationalise her equipment viz. both Generators, Steering Pump, Sea Water Pump, Compressor and Main Engine thereby making the vessel seaworthy again,” the spokesperson added.
