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Indian Navy, Coast Guard provide assistance to sinking merchant ship

Panaji, Jun 9 (UNI) Indian Navy and Coast Guard provided assistance to merchant ship MV Infinity I which had reported water ingress and continuous listing to starboard.
According to an official statement here today, the 83 m long vessel with 14 Indian crew (including Master) was transiting from Kandla port in Gujarat and proceeding to Karwar, Karnataka when it developed the crack in the hull and started taking in water. The ship was carrying approximately 1750 tonnes of Asphalt.
At 1930 hrs yesterday, MV Infinity I, reported water ingress and continuous listing (nautical term for tilting) to starboard (right side of the ship). The vessel had reported that the list is increasing despite ship's de-watering efforts.
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