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Iron ore-laden ship sinks off Goa’s coast

A ship carrying 2,000 tonnes of iron ore sank off Goa's Panaji port after being hit by another ship on Saturday.

DNA Web Team

Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

Updated at 5 pm

PANAJI: A barge carrying 2,000 tonnes of iron ore sank off Panaji after being hit by another barge in the afternoon, the port authorities said.

No casualties were reported in the accident as all the crew members were immediately rescued by another boat, they said. The authorities also ruled out possibility of major pollution in the sea.

MV Warren was hit at the rear end by MV Sea Horse, also laden with iron ore, while they were proceeding to unload the material in the transhipper anchored in the port.

"Water gushed into the engine room of the ill-fated barge after it developed a crack. The ship sank within an hour," Sankulp Amonkar, executive member of the Goa Barge Owners Association, said.

Around 300 barges operate off Goa, all of them carrying iron ore from different destinations across the state.

"There was no obstruction to the barge or ship movement as the accident did not occur in the channel but in the sea," Amonkar said.

Goa, which has mining as the second largest industry, saw six barges sinking last year. "Most of these accidents took place during monsoon due to bad weather," Amonkar said.

Incidentally, both barges involved in the accident are hardly three years old, while the average life of a vessel is 35 years.

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