Pakistan: PMSA rescues nine Indian crew members from stranded cargo ship
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
MRCC in Mumbai notified PMSA of the incident, leading to launch of coordinated rescue mission
The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has successfully rescued nine members of an Indian cargo ship crew stranded in adverse conditions.
According to a spokesperson, the PMSA conducted a search and rescue operation to save the crew members of the Indian vessel Dhuw Tajdare Harem, which was located approximately 120 nautical miles south of Karachi.
On December 26, at around 11:00 AM, the ship reported flooding, prompting the crew to abandon the vessel and seek refuge in a life raft.
The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Mumbai notified the PMSA of the incident, leading to the launch of a coordinated rescue mission.
A PMSA aircraft was dispatched to the site, successfully locating the survivors. Nearby commercial vessels and PMSA ships were directed to the location, and later, the Indian Coast Guard’s vessel operating in nearby Indian waters assisted in the recovery.
This marks the second successful operation by PMSA in the past three weeks. On December 4, the PMSA rescued 12 Indian crew members from the MSV Pirani Pir in a similar operation.
The agency remains committed to maritime safety and upholding international obligations under the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Convention.
Reference Link:- https://tribune.com.pk/story/2518382/pmsa-rescues-9-indian-crew-members-from-stranded-cargo-ship
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
