While 27 containers have been retrieved, 56 have been beached ashore at different locations, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) said in a statement in Mumbai.
Three more salvage teams were pressed into service for retrieving containers floating in the sea following the collision of two cargo vessels off the city coast last week as operations at India's two busiest ports continued unhindered today, officials said.
Three more teams have been deployed for lifting of the containers. While 27 containers have been retrieved, 56 have been beached ashore at different locations, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) said in a statement in Mumbai.
"The naval survey during the convoy escort has not reviewed ingress of any fresh container in the navigation channel. Except one, no sunken container was observed at the bottom of the channel," it said.
A convoy of 10 ships was piloted out of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). In addition, 11 ships, including one crude oil tanker and one LPG tanker, were piloted in both ports, the DGS said.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has registered a case against the captains and crew of MSC Chitra and Khalijia, the vessels involved in the August 7 crash, on the advice of Coast Guard, it said.
The case was filed at the Yellow Gate police station under IPC Sections 280 (rash navigation of vessel), 336 (act engendering life or personal safety of others, 427 (mischief causing damage) and relevant sections of the Environment Protection Act 1986, the statement said.
At present, the listing (tilting) of MSC Chitra, which was damaged in the collision, has further reduced and now stands at 45-50 degrees from the earlier 55 degrees. As a result, no oil spill has been reported nor the falling of any fresh container in the water, the shipping regulator said.
Besides, the Coast Guard is co-ordinating in oil pollution mitigation measures in the sea and on land along with the pollution control board and administration officials, the statement said.
The department of environment is also taking the help of the National Institute of Oceanography and Indian Oil Corporation in the exercise.
Oil pollution has been sighted at Kalwa in Thane district as well as in Navy Nagar, INS Shivaji and the US Club area (all in Mumbai), the statement said.
From initial analysis of water samples, no contamination from hazardous chemicals or pesticides (being transported in containers) has been noticed, the DGS said.
Partial operations at the MbPT and the JNPT resumed yesterday after remaining suspended for five days.
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