New Delhi: An oil tanker with 22 Indian sailors onboard has gone missing off the West African coast. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, the merchant vessel has gone off the radar near Benin in the Gulf of Guinea.
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, in a tweet on Sunday morning wrote, “A merchant vessel Marine Express (oil tanker), owned by Mumbai-based Anglo Eastern shipping company with 22 Indian nationals onboard, is presumably missing off the coast of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea.”
The ministry has got in touch with its officials in Nigeria, who are in turn talking to authorities in Benin, a West African country. Meanwhile, the external affairs ministry has set up a helpline for those seeking information about the 22 missing Indian sailors.
A merchant vessel Marine Express (oil tanker), owned by Mumbai-based Anglo Eastern shipping company with 22 Indian nationals onboard, is presumably missing off the coast of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea.— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) February 3, 2018
According to an ANI report, the owners of the tanker have urged the Directorate General of Shipping in Mumbai to get in touch with their counterparts in Nigeria and Benin to carry out search operations for the merchant ship that was loaded with gas oil.
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