Saturday, November 3, 2012

Ship MT Pratibha Cauvery licence expired more than a month ago

Chennai:
The licence of Oil Chemical tanker Pratibha Cauvery, which ran aground south of Chennai Port on Wednesday, expired the day it discharged low diesel oil at Chennai Port.
Port officials told Express the Vessel Classification Certificate of the ship got expired on September 29 after it discharged the cargo at the port.
The expiry of licence, which was issued by Indian Register of Shipping, made the ship not seaworthy and it was to go to the dry dock of Mumbai.

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