Another ship runs aground at Juhu

In a repeat of the M V Wisdom episode, a much-smaller cargo vessel ran aground near the Juhu beach in north-west Mumbai early this morning. The Panama-flagged vessel M V Pavit, which has a capacity to hold 1,000 tonnes of cargo (as against M V Wisdom’s 10,000 tonnes) ran aground near Seven Bungalows and was suspected to have drifted on from the Persian Gulf, officials said here. [caption id=“attachment_51324” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The MV Wisdom in Juhu | Reuters”]  [/caption]M V Wisdom had got stuck on Juhu beach in June, and could be salvaged after about three weeks. The Director General of Shipping, S B Agnihotri said that an emergency towing vessel, which was hired following the M V Wisdom episode for the entire monsoon season, will be used to salvage the stuck vessel,. As in the case of Wisdom, DGS feels that Pavit too is not carrying any cargo or fuel, so hopefully there would be no environmental fall-out. Agnihotri added that officials are trying to get in touch with Pavit’s Dubai-based owners.