Cargo vessel MV Anastasia was stuck off the coast of China since September 2020, an official said.
New Delhi:
Eighteen Indian sailors stuck in China will return to India on February 14, union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said today.
The crew will sign off from Japan today and will be reunited with their families on reaching India. Our 18 stranded seafarers of MV Anastasia stuck in China are coming to India. The crew will sign off from Japan today and will reach India on February 14, Ports Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told news agency Press Trust of India.
Mr Mandaviya appreciated the efforts of Indian embassy in China and the Mediterranean Ship Company for arranging the repatriation.
Indian merchant vessel M.V. Jag Anand. File
| Photo Credit: ANI Eighteen Indian sailors stuck in China will return to India on February 14, Ports Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. The stuck crew will sign off from Japan on Wednesday and will be reunited with their families on reaching India. Our 18 stranded seafarers of MV Anastasia stuck in China are coming to India. The crew will sign off from Japan today and will reach India on February 14,” Mr. Mandaviya told PTI. The Minister said they will be reunited with their families soon.
Mr. Mandaviya appreciated the efforts of Indian embassy in China and the Mediterranean Ship Company for arranging the repatriation.
Allaying fears that the Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020 aims at privatisation of the country s top 12 major ports, Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said it seeks to provide autonomy to these ports and boost their decision-making powers in order to compete with private ports. The Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020 was passed through ballot votes in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with 84 votes in its favour and 44 against it. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill on September23 last year. Taking a strong objection to some members remarks that it is intended to benefit big corporate houses and would result in the ruining of the ports and their plunder, Mandaviya, in his reply to the debate on the bill, said rather, it would turn these ports into world-class ports and enable their boards to take decisions on their own.