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An Indian Coast Guard vessel, Anagh, rendezvoused with a Vietnam-flagged ship, MS Solis, disconnected the Tamil Nadu seashore aboriginal connected Sunday (March 8, 2026) and evacuated 9 Indian fishers rescued from the oversea by the merchant vessel’s unit pursuing a collision connected Saturday (March 7, 2026).
The Coast Guard vas docked astatine the Vizhinjam harbour successful Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Emergency responders rushed the rescued fishers to the Government Medical College for captious care.
According to police, astatine slightest 2 of the fishers had sustained superior injuries successful the mid-sea collision.
According to the Kerala police, the sportfishing vessel St Joseph had acceptable retired to oversea from Shakthikulangara Harbour successful Kollam precocious connected Friday (March 6, 2026). They said determination were 11 fishers onboard, 5 from neighbouring Tamil Nadu and the remainder from West Bengal.
According to police, the collision occurred aboriginal connected Saturday (March 7, 2026) erstwhile the sportfishing vessel anchored astatine sea, without the unit realising that they were parked successful the mediate of a engaged planetary shipping lane disconnected the seashore of Colachel successful Tamil Nadu.
Following the impact, the ship’s unit launched a lifeboat and pulled 9 of the fishers retired of the choppy waters. The constabulary said astatine slightest 2 fishers were inactive missing. The sportfishing boat, owned by Rajesh Mathew of Sakthikulangara, was wholly destroyed successful the collision.
