A Vessel Carrying Coal Sank In Bay Of Bengal EB ReportRuptured hull sinks MV Aisgati around 10-15km away from Fairboya, 100km from Mongla Port and only 22km from the world’s largest mangrove forest. A vessel carrying 1,000 tonnes of coal sank in the Bay of Bengal, 22km off the coast of the Sundarbans National Park, on Friday. “The ship sank after suffering a rupture to its bottom when loading coal at Fairboya. It was carrying 1,000 tonnes of coal to Jessore’s Noapara,” Faruk saidIn March last year, a vessel carrying 1,235 tonnes of coal sunk in the Shela River of the Sundarbans. A year before that, a cargo vessel shipping 510 tonnes of coal capsized in the Passur River.

Source: Energy Bangla January 14, 2017 10:57 UTC