The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has urged the Union Ministry of Shipping to expedite the probe into the sinking of cargo ship Black Rose in the Bay of Bengal off the Paradip coast in 2009.
The port authorities too submitted all the documents to the Ministry for investigation. It requested the Minister to find out the mystery behind sinking of the Black Rose.
The iron ore-laden Mongolian ship ‘Black Rose’ had sunken in the sea on September 9, 2009 killing its Ukrainian chief engineer and injuring some other crew members.
The exact reason behind the incident was yet to be known.
It is suspected that heavy rain and bad weather were attributed as the causes of the capsizing of the vessel.
A case in connection with was filed in the Calcutta High Court, which handed over the case to the Orissa High Court on July 31, 2017.
Along with the letter, the port authorities provided all the documents, including the status report of the case in the Orissa High Court and the initiatives taken by the PPT to check the pollution in the sea due to ship wreckage.
The experts said that the sunken ship with limited visibility above water could lead to serious accidents in future for the passing ships, trawlers and other floating crafts.