{"id":30753,"date":"2022-07-07T09:05:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T06:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/crew-rescued-from-product-tanker-taking-on-water-in-arabian-sea\/30753\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T09:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T06:05:27","slug":"crew-rescued-from-product-tanker-taking-on-water-in-arabian-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/crew-rescued-from-product-tanker-taking-on-water-in-arabian-sea\/30753\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew rescued from product tanker taking on water in Arabian Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>The Indian Coast Guard rescued all 22 crewmembers from a product tanker <em>Global King 1<\/em> taking on water in the Arabian Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The Panama-flagged 6,700 dwt vessel sent out a distress alert at about 08,20 hrs local time on Wednesday after experiencing uncontrolled flooding onboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crew, consisting of 20 Indians and one each from Pakistan and Sri Lanka, abandoned the vessel in a life raft after failing to control the flooding. The Coast Guard sent out vessels and at least two helicopters to carry out the rescue operation. \u201cAll crew are safe and healthy,\u201d the Coast Guard said on social media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>The condition of <em>Global King 1<\/em> is unclear. A short video released by the Coast Guard shows the 2007-built vessel heavily listed and likely sinking. The ship was reportedly 95 nautical miles off Porbandar in the Indian state of Gujarat, carrying 6,000 tonnes of bitumen from Khor Fakkan in the UAE to Karwar in India.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"7fQ8lcSzIA4\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a swift rescue operation, All 22 crew of distressed vessel MT Global King rescued by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaCoastGuard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IndiaCoastGuard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ship<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ALH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ALH<\/a> launched from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Porbandar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Porbandar<\/a> to 93 NM into the sea. All crew are safe and healthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DefenceMinIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shipmin_india?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shipmin_india<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEAIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MEAIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PMOIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpokespersonMoD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpokespersonMoD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KVmjsFclsI\">pic.twitter.com\/KVmjsFclsI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaCoastGuard\/status\/1544643252342509568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-after-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n\t    <!-- \/91333190\/SPLASH247_*_Splash247_Article_*_Strip_Slot_*_2 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta post-bottom-tags post-tags-modern\">\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta-title\"><span class=\"tie-icon-tags\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Tags<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/india\/\" rel=\"tag\">India<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>splash247<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Coast Guard rescued all 22 crewmembers from a product tanker Global King 1 taking on water in the Arabian Sea. 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