ICG rescues all 16 crew of sinking MV Mangalam near Revdanda port

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully rescued all the 16 crew of sinking MV Mangalam near Revdanda port of Maharashtra on June 17, 2021.

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The MRCC team initiated a rescue operation with ICG Ship Subhadra Kumari Chauhan pressed into action.

Two ICG Chetak helicopters were also deployed from Indian Coast Guard Air Station, Daman. Braving gusting monsoon winds, ICG carried out a swift sea-air coordinated operation and saved 16 lives.

Revadanda is located on the W coast, approx 44km S of Mumbai. The port provides an open roadstead lighterage anchorage and small alongside jetties for unloading iron ore to the nearby steel plant via conveyor.