ICGS Samudra Pavak assists a ship stuck in sea off Gujarat coast

May 21, 2021

Gandhinagar: ICGS Samudra Pavak was deployed for SAR in Gulf of Khambhat for providing assistance to distressed fishermen/ Merchant vessel view cyclone ‘Tauktae’. At about 1525 hrs on 19 May 21, ship was directed to RV MV Samarpan (Call Sign VTNG IMO no 9109835 Port of registry Mumbai and 14 Indian crew) . MV Samarpan was raising continuous distress on VHF CH 16 regarding Engine failure, steering breakdown and total power failure.

 
         The ship arrived datum at 1612 h on 19  May 21 in position 194 Veraval Lt 18NM. After assessment, the vessel was approached and ship’s boarding team boarded vessel at 1630 hrs. Post inspection of the vessel it was found that its Stbd main engine was non-operational. Due to heavy downpour and rough weather in cyclone the steering compartment was flooded resulting in steering failure. The ship’s 230 V power supply was also disrupted because of flooding. The ship’s main mast including aerials, radars and bridge top structures were damaged and the vessel heeled slightly to stbd. As the power supply was not available, the crew were not able to cook food and the vessel was not having drinking water view contamination of fresh water tanks.
        
         ICGS Samudra Pavak provided fresh water, lemonade, dry provisions and medicines to MV Samarpan. The ship’s technical team assessed the defect and provided technical assistance to MV Samarpan. The team was able to revive basic power supply of the ship. The team inspected the steering gear compartment and found solenoid to be defective. They could partially restore the Manual steering. At 0850 hrs on 20 May 21 MV Samarpan finally got underway and started heading towards Mul Dwarka port for anchoring with Port main engine and manual steering after receiving instructions from Owners.

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