Indian Coast News
The Coast Guard on Sunday conducted a national maritime search and rescue exercise off the Chennai coast. 24 observers from 16 countries participated in this exercise. The exercise was the tenth edition of the National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise.
"The cyclonic storm Shaheen over northeast Arabian Sea and neighbourhood moved west-northwestwards with a speed of about 20 kmph today over central parts of north Arabian Sea," IMD said.
After almost four days and nights of continuous fire fighting the blaze on Container Ship MV X-Press Pearl has considerably reduced.
The aerial surveillance conducted on Friday by ICG Dornier aircraft does not revel any oil spill.
The blaze has led to the large container ship looking mangled on most sides, tilting towards its right and the burnt containers face the risk of falling overboard.
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