Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Oil Spill & Salvage
Two ships collided in middle of Mumbai harbour channel and the entire country, after 63 yrs of independence, still looks upto a foreigner to clear the channel. The most ironical thing was the presence of Navy, Coast Guard, DG Shipping, MMB officials in this meeting. Navys and Coast Guards all over the world give directions to their shipping community in these types of crisis and here, we are - collectively looking at a lone foreigner for salvation and salvage. And this is despite teh fact that this is the third time the salvage needs have arisen - ICGS Vivek, Khalijila III and now MSC Chitra. All salvage jobs done by the same company. Do we sense something? Why no raising the knowledge level in the country, why the same salvor again and again?
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WELL WELL WELL........ AT LEAST SOMEONE IS THERE WITH A SENSE OF PRIDE, GUTS TO OPEN A PANDORA BOX...... NOTHING OVER THE YEARS HOLDING OUR HANDS TO ARM WITH EXPERTISE IN ANY FIELD, YET THIS MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY-TRADE THROUGH SEAROUTES....NO SAFEGUARD STANDARDS...PASSING THE BLAME GAME.....ALLAHA KHIR KARE....AMIN
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