Merchant vessel off Kerala coast faces energy outage, asks Indian Coast Guard for assist

By PTI
NEW DELHI: A service provider vessel off the Kasaragod coast in Kerala requested the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) for assistance on Friday after it witnessed a blackout as a consequence of an influence outage, in response to an official assertion.

A group of officers from the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has reached the vessel — which has a complete of 14 crew members — to rectify the facility outage difficulty, the assertion famous.

“The ICG swiftly responded to SOS call from MV JSW Mihirgad with 14 crew facing total blackout due to power failure off Kasaragod,” the coast guard wrote on Twitter.

“ICG helicopter airlifted CSL team & gadgets for analysis from Mangalore & disembarked on ship amidst inclement weather. Rectification in progress,” it mentioned.