The Paradeep Port Trust (PPT) authorities have sought the intervention and permission from the Centre and the director general of shipping to initiate legal action against the owner and the management company of the vessel MV Black Rose, which sank near the port two weeks back.

PPT wanted to initiate legal action against the owner and the management company of the sunken vessel owing to their non-cooperation in retrieving oil from the vessel.

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The vessel was owned by Black Rose Maritime Limited, a Singapore-based firm while it was managed by PANCAR Shipping Limited, also based out of Singapore.

As per the norms, it is the responsibility of the vessel owner to take all measures to check oil spillage but the owner of the ship is yet to reach here, said Gauri Prasad Biswal, deputy conservator, PPT .

PPT has consulted a marine lawyer to take legal action them (vessel owner and its management company), said Biswal. On the other hand, the marine officials of PPT have taken all precautionary measures to check the oil spill from the vessel. They have spread boom around the sinking vessel to prevent the spread of the oil leakage to other parts of the sea so as to avoid marine pollution.

PPT pollution response tugs and Coast Guard vessels have also been pressed into service to check oil spill from the sunken vessel.

Meanwhile, PPT has invited two global tenders to retrieve oil from the sunken vessel.

The first tender is related to closure of air pipe of the oil tank of the sunken vessel and the second tender pertains to evacuation of 924 tonnes of furnace oil containing from the vessel’s oil tank to Paradeep coast by pipe line.

The deadline for responding to the first and second tenders is September 26 and October 5 this year.

Besides, PPT has sought the cooperation of national and international experts to retrieve from sunken vessel.

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