MSC Chitra

MSC Chitra collided with another vessel on August 7 causing containers to topple over into the sea and 879 metric tons of oil to spill.

The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), owners of the ship MSC Chitra, will have to get its act together soon. The state government and the two ports — Mumbai Port Trust and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust — issued notices to the company on Tuesday asking it to set up a time-bound program for salvage operations and pay for all the ecological damages caused by the ship’s collision with another vessel.

“Considering that we need to open up the channel by the beginning of September, they need to speed up the salvage process. We have also asked them to pay for all the activities including the cleaning of the shore, and the ports on beachfronts across the state,” said State Ports Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil.

From the Hindustan Times