Mangaluru : The Coast Guard rescued six crew members who were onboard the vessel Safina AL-Mirzan on Saturday. The vessel sailed from Old Mangalore Port at 2.30 pm on Friday, to Kiltan Island Lakshadweep, carrying 120 tonnes of spices, foodgrains, vegetables, sand and granite. DIG S B Venkatesh, commander, Coast Guard, Karnataka, stated that Coast […]

Mangaluru : As part of measures to boost the Coast Guard’s capabilities on the country’s west coast in Karnataka, CG Dornier 761 was made to undertake operational sorties for surveillance at New Mangalore here from February 21 till Monday. A Coast Guard release here said the Air Enclave here will improve the CG’s performance in […]

Mangaluru : Minister for Ports, Fisheries, Inland Transport and Muzrai Kota Srinivas Poojari on Monday said that the government is planning to send a team of fisheries experts and officials to study fishing harbour models in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Speaking at a review meeting of his departments here, Mr. Poojari said that efficient […]

Mangaluru : Indian Coast Guard Ship Amartya rescued fishing boat Tathwamasi with 22 crew belonging to Beypore on Sunday. The boat was in distress due to gear box failure and was drifting towards the rocks because of rough sea conditions. Ship’s technical team boarded the boat and rectified the defect and escorted it safely to […]

Mangaluru : Two vessels, which left old Mangaluru Port on Tuesday, capsized near Kavaratti island of Lakshadweep on Friday in Cyclone Ockhi. All 14 crew members of the vessels are said to have been rescued, according to sources. According to information reaching the old Port Office here, Al-Noor of Lakshadweep and Jevar Hussain of Tuticorin […]

Mangaluru : A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed towards the construction of a dedicated berth at a cost of Rs 50 crore at the Port Office at Mangaluru Old Port on Wednesday. The MoU between the government of Karnataka and the administration of Union Territory of Lakshadweep was signed by Minister of Textiles and […]

Mangaluru : The tourism department came under fire at the district tourism committee review meeting on Tuesday as neither had the department any specific proposals to encourage tourism in the district, nor had it got feedback from members of the committee before the meeting. When the official concerned sought to know details of roads that […]

Mangaluru: Seven persons aboard a mini cargo vessel carrying goods from Lakshadweep to Mangaluru were rescued after it developed a technical problem and sank near the port here, police said. All the seven persons, hailing from Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, were saved by fishermen who saw them staying afloat onwooden boards, seven hours after the […]

Mangalore : The first shipment of building material to Minicoy Island in Lakshadeep established at New Mangalore Port (NMP) on October 29, Wednesday. The a cargo vessel MV PFS Prosperity, berthed at the Port to carry materials like stone jelly/ aggrigate, cement and sand and others on October 27. The vessel is expected to sail […]

Mangalore : ‘Al Masoor’ a cargo vessel which had left old Mangalore port to Lakshadweep on February 6, Wednesday morning with construction materials and food items, sank off the coast about 50 nautical miles off the coast the same night. However, all the six stranded crew on board the vessel were rescued by another vessel […]