US firm to remove oil from sunken Mongolian shipOctober 9th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - US-based marine service firm Resolve Marine Group has won the bid to remove oil from a Mongolian vessel that sank off Paradip harbour in Orissa last month. "The Florida-based company, which has branches in Singapore, has been assigned to pump the oil out of the sunken ship," a release from the Paradip Port said Friday.
Microbes used to clean Orissa oil spillOctober 9th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Microbes are being used to clear an oil spill caused by a ship that sank last month off the Paradip port in Orissa, a senior port official said Friday. The microbes are a kind of bacteria which live on oil.
Orissa directed to monitor oil spill off Paradip portOctober 7th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The central government has directed Orissa to form a crisis group to monitor the pollution caused due to oil spilling off a sunken Mongolian ship near Paradip port, officials said Wednesday. Biswajit Mohanty, member of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), said that the government has directed the state to ensure that the pollution does not pose danger to the rare Olive Ridley turtles, whose nesting place is near the accident site.
Fresh oil from sunken ship blackening Orissa coastline: expertsOctober 6th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A fresh oil spill, probably from a Mongolian ship that sank last month, has blackened part of the Orissa coastline in an area close to the nesting site of rare Olive Ridley sea turtles, say experts. A team of two scientists of the Dehradun-based government-run Wild Life Institute of India (WII) said they visited some areas of the coastline Monday and found a fresh oil spill over a one-and-a-half kilometer stretch near Paradip port.
Central team reaches Paradip to inspect capsized shipSeptember 26th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Following reports of minor oil spills, a five-member team of the central shipping ministry Saturday reached Orissa's Paradip port to inspect the ship that sank off its coast earlier this month. The team includes P.
Oil spill could devastate Orissa coast, says GreenpeaceSeptember 24th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa coast faces devastation if the large amount of oil now inside a capsized ship off the Paradip port spills out of the wreck, international NGO Greenpeace said Thursday. MV Black Rose, a Mongolian registered vessel, sank Sep 9 with 924 tonnes of furnace oil aboard.
Wildlife body concerned over delay in oil removalSeptember 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A wildlife body expressed concern Wednesday over the delay in the removal of stored fuel oil by authorities from a vessel that sank off Orissa's Paradip port about 14 days ago. We are concerned over the inaction of the authorities in evacuating the stored fuel oil, Biswajit Mohanty, secretary of the wildlife society of Orissa, told IANS.
Oil spill on Orissa coast could be from sunken ship: expertSeptember 22nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A team of experts Tuesday found oil patches along the coast of Orissa's Paradip port and suspected it could have leaked from a ship that sank near the harbour Sep 9. We found oil patches three kilometers away from the port.
Mongolian ship causing no ecological damageSeptember 22nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A Mongolian ship that sank near the Paradip Port off the Orissa coast is causing no environmental damage, port authorities said Tuesday. The Paradip Port Trust said the vessel sank Sep 9 with 924 tonnes of furnace oil.
Paradip Port launches clean-up drive to contain oil spillSeptember 21st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Paradip Port Monday launched a drive along its coast to contain possible environmental damage from a Mongolian ship that sank off the coast Sep 9. The vessel MV Black Rose, carrying about 25,000 tonnes of iron ore fines and 900 tonnes of oil, capsized in Bay of Bengal, five km off the Paradip coast.
Russian engineer's body recovered from sunken ship off OrissaSeptember 18th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The body of a Russian engineer has been recovered from the cargo ship that sank off Orissa's Paradip port earlier this month, an official said Friday. His body was fished out from the ship by divers pressed into service by the Paradip port authorities.
Orissa port gears up to remove oil from sunken shipSeptember 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The administration in Orissa's Paradip port is gearing up for the removal of fuel oil from a sunken ship, a senior port official said Monday after experts warned that a spill could pollute the marine environment. "A team of experts and divers has arrived here from Kolkata.
Russian engineer of sunken ship still untracedSeptember 10th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The search was still on Thursday to find the missing Russian engineer of a cargo ship that sank off Orissa's Paradip coast Wednesday, officials said. Twenty six of the 27 crew members onboard the ship have been rescued.
Orissa raises cyclone warningMay 25th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa Monday raised the storm warning levels along its ports and alerted coastal residents as a cyclone formed in the Bay of Bengal. Fishermen have been asked not to go out to sea.
Orissa tightens security in port, along coastlineJanuary 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa has tightened security in one of its major ports and along its Bay of Bengal coast in view of the attacks on Mumbai by terrorists who sneaked in from the sea, officials said Wednesday. Authorities this week have installed at least 20 close circuit television cameras (CCTV) in the Paradip port area in Jagatsinghpur district, some 100 km from here, at a cost of Rs.40 million.
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