Clinker-laden lighter vessel capsizes in Bay

A lighter vessel carrying cement clinkers capsized in the Bay of Bengal after being hit by another lighter vessel on Sunday morning.

The incident happened around 9:00am while the 13 people onboard of the capsized vessel MV Tito-12 were rescued soon after the incident.

MV Tito-12 started for Munshiganj from Chittagong port and sank near Hatiya coast in Noakhali after MV Suhi-3 hit it around 9:00am, said Nabi Alam, general secretary of Lighter Vessel Workers Union.

Steps are being taken so that this incident would not hamper the route, said Mustafizur Rahman, deputy Director of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), adding the salvage operation will be started after consulting with the lighter’s owner.