We are Ghosts Trapped in a Box : Indian Sailors Stuck in Chinese Waters Desperately Seek Help
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Gaurav Singh, a 28-year-old Pune resident, the second officer on a commercial cargo ship, has not stepped a foot on land for nearly 15 months. Every morning, he flips through news articles online in hope of finding some news. He calls home; his parents try to give him solace. But as night draws closer, his thoughts turn to the same unanswered questions. When could he return home? When would he get to see his mother again? Will he ever be able to get out of this steel box? Gaurav s hopes have now started to dwindle.
Seafarer from the Jag Anand from video interview posted on Twitter The Great Eastern Shipping bulk carrier Jag Anand and its 23 Indian crew are finally be allowed to leave the Chinese port of Jingtang where they have been stranded with a cargo of Australian coal since June last year. However, while the Jag Anand has been allowed to leave port at least 21 other bulkers remain queued up at the Chinese port.
The bulker, belonging to India’s largest private sector shipowner, Great Eastern Shipping, is carrying coal from the Adani group’s Australian coal project in Queensland. It has been stuck near the Jingtang port in Hebei province of China since 13 June 2020 as it was not allowed to dock by port authorities.
Indian seafarers stuck in China to return by January 14
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January 10, 2021 00:03 IST
However, there is yet no breakthrough for 35 other Indian seamen stranded aboard three other vessels for over six months.
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Indian merchant vessel M.V. Jag Anand. File
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However, there is yet no breakthrough for 35 other Indian seamen stranded aboard three other vessels for over six months.
Twenty three seafarers stranded aboard Indian vessel m.v. Jag Anand off the Chinese coast for the past 10 months are likely to return to India by January 14, Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted on Saturday.