Aground ship may turn into a tourism venture
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Govt. stated to be weighing its choices
The destiny of the aground Bangladeshi ship MV Maa, nonetheless hangs in steadiness, a month after the house owners referred to as off the refloating operation and issued a letter of ‘Abandonment’ to the Protection and Indemnity Club, United Kingdom.
While sources say that a Visakhapatnam-based non-public occasion had taken over the ship, the Visakhapatnam Port Trust has requested the agency to not take any resolution, because the A.P. authorities has evinced curiosity in changing it into a vacationer venture.
Speaking to The Puucho on situation of anonymity, a senior official from the non-public agency stated that the ship house owners and the insurance coverage corporations have handed over the ship after a deal was settled, however additional work has been stored pending, because the Department of Tourism, A.P., is surveying the chances of changing the ship into a tourism spot.
Alternatives
“We had the intention of refloating it or scrapping it. While refloating may be a costly proposition, scrapping it is viable, but certain clearances are needed, including from DG Shipping and MoEF. But now since the A.P. government is contemplating its moves, we have kept the matter on hold,” he stated.
It is learnt that officers from the Tourism Department had visited the ship on three or 4 events to asses the chances.
The 80-metre and 3000-tonne ship with about 15-member crew on board ran aground close to Tenneti Park on October 13 as a consequence of dangerous climate.
MNC Resolve Marine was appointed by the house owners to tow it out, however as a consequence of some final minute points, the house owners determined to desert it.
Visakhapatnam already has a Naval submarine museum (INS Kursura) and a TU142 Naval plane museum, on Beach Road.
The ship has already turn into a vacationer attraction, with over 1,000 folks thronging the spot on weekends to have a nearer take a look at it and click on footage.