John Wilbert & Saurabh Singh
Port Blair, Sep 09: Last month on 07th August 2022 an enormous Berge was discovered at Galatia River, Campbell Bay which was grounded on the mouth of the river. On investigation, the Police and different intelligence bureau discovered that the Deck cargo Barge specifically Olympic Telen belonged to an Indian Thoothukudi Company which was on lease from the Middle East Marine LLC Dubai Company for delivering supplies to the Maldives and was misplaced in June.
Initially, the Dubai based mostly Company employed assist from Port Blair and tried to tow the Barge however was unsuccessful. The staff of Port Blair consisted of two fishing boats and practically 20 individuals. Further, the corporate employed a Campbell Bay-based transport firm specifically USR Transport and after two days of wrestle they efficiently recovered the Barge and handed over it to the corporate.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha, Mr. U Sita Ram, Proprietor, USR Transport mentioned that they fashioned a staff of 15 individuals and gear with round 01 km rope, 03 Chain pulleys of 05 tones, two Halish Dinghy and one excavator. He knowledgeable that the Barge was taken out through the excessive tides and was pulled by the Dinghys and by the evening of twenty sixth August 2022 it was utterly moved from the Galatia River and was anchored close to Gandhi Nagar Jetty. During the complete operation Coast Gaurd vessel was saved standby for guaranteeing security of all, it’s learnt.
It was reported that because of the huge measurement of the Barge it isn’t attainable for small tug boats to tow the Barge into the open sea. Therefore, one other firm is employed to toe the Barge which reached Campbell Bay and the Barge is now being towed to Port Blair.
