Vessel with 2,200-tonne clinker sinks in Hatia
A lighter vessel with over 2,200 tonnes of cement clinker sank in Ramgati point of Hatia channel here yesterday.
The vessel, Crown-2, capsized around 1:00pm with 12 crewmen who were rescued by the boatmen close by.
Commodore AZ Nizam, executive director of Water Transport Cell (WTC), an organisation that coordinates lighter vessels, said the vessel was heading for Dhaka.
It was loaded with clinker from a mother vessel, MV KS Trust, at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port and got stuck at a shoal during low tide in the morning and was waiting for high tide. As high tide came in the afternoon, the overloaded vessel tilted and sank, he said.
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Deputy Conservator Capt Nazmul Alam said vessel movement through the port channel remained normal, as the accident occurred beyond the port channel.
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