2nd Ship aground in Mumbai

MV PAVIT is the second ship to get stuck at Mumbai's popular Juhu beach. A large ship bang on the beach makes a very weird sight. It attracts many eye-balls. But it can be a tremendous security hazard too. A large ship moves aimlessly in India waters, without being noticed by coast guard or Indian Navy and lands directly in the financial capital of the country! There is something seriously wrong. Previous ship MV Wisdom was aground vertical to the beach. So its propeller and rudders were in water which helped tugs to pull it away. But PAVIT is parallel to the beach and its propeller and rudders are stuck deep in sand! This one is not going anywhere for a long long time... on August 14 another salvage operation was started and successfully ended on 15 August. The ship was floated away into the high seas and sailed off to Alang port in Gujarat.

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[arrunz]

@AshwellAcott I guess due to bad navigation during rains and high tides. Mumbai rains are too strong and tides are high.

[AshwellAcott]

How do these big ships get beached anyway?

[arrunz]

@grinblurnar - he he yeah you are right and very funny

[arrunz]

@grinblurnar ha ha well said. Thankfully it has been towed away.

[grinblurnar]

Well that's taking parallel parking to a new extreme!

[arrunz]

@cpnstav Yes it has been removed a few days after I shot this story.

[cpnstav]

that needs moving quick they will reduce it to scrap in 2 days without trace