Boxship runs aground near Kolkata after steering failure

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A Singapore-flagged containership named Nawata Bhum ran aground on the Hooghly River near Diamond Harbour, south of Kolkata, due to steering failure and strong currents. The vessel was en route to Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port from Malaysia.

A Singapore-flagged containership ran aground on the Hooghly River after striking an embankment near Diamond Harbour, about 50 km south of Kolkata, in an incident attributed to steering failure and strong currents. The Regional Container Lines (RCL)-owned 13,852 dwt Nawata Bhum was inbound to Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata from Port Klang in Malaysia when …