Chinese ship captain detained at Kandla port of Gujarat

Kandla, 28 December 2011

There was high drama at Kandla port after a Chinese ship captain didn’t allow Kandla Port Trust(KPT) pilot Vipul Kumar Madan to deboard from his ship even after crossing the disembarking point of the port on Monday.

Guan Yu Liand, the captain of a Chinese vessel Rui Lee was probably irked over non-issuance of shore pass by the authorities, refused to let the KPT pilot, who had entered the vessel to provide routine outward guidelines to the ship, deboard. Chinese captain also entered into an altercation with Madan, who raised an alarm and we had to register a complaint with the Coast Guard and police, a KPT official said. As per national policy, Pakistani and Chinese nationals are not issued shore passes by the Indian Port authorities.

Guan Yu Liand has been detained for questioning at the Kandla Port.

The vessel loaded with consignment of steel coils, had come from Korea and had first arrived at Mundra Port for part delivery of the consignment, he said. Later, it had arrived at KPT in Kutch district to deliver the remaining goods, police said. A case has been registered and further investigation is on.