Malaysian cargo vessel JIN HWA 32, which had run aground off the Chilika lake near Rajhans on August 9, was removed from the beach on Sunday.
A special tug boat from Singapore and a 15-members team from Malaysia had launched an operation to tow the ship back into the sea. After long hours of the operation, the team succeeded in its job.
Notably, the ship, which was heading towards Visakhapatnam, had drifted towards the Odisha coast due to a storm in the Bay of Bengal. The ship had anchored near Rajhans island close to the Chilika lake in the Krushnaprasad police limits in Puri district.
Earlier, the district administration had removed oil from the vessel fearing its spillage.