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Iron-ore ship sinks 240 miles off Odisha
NDTV··23 Aug
On 22 August 2026, the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Winner sank about 240 nautical miles off Paradip, Odisha. The ship had left on 20 August with about 72,100 tonnes of iron ore for Singapore. Of 24 crew, 20 were Chinese, three from Myanmar and one Bangladeshi. Two men were taken off life rafts. Twenty-two remain missing.
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What It Means For You
- If you have family on Ocean Winner, two crew were recovered from rafts on Saturday night and 22 people were still unaccounted for when the first official notes were issued.
- Anyone tracking AIS from Paradip should note the ship left on 20 August and later dropped off port tracking, which first looked like a signal loss.
- If you sail the Bay of Bengal near that position, Coast Guard and Navy units asked other merchant ships to assist the search.
What's Happening
- The sinking was confirmed on Saturday after the ship had already been missing from tracking for hours.
- Victory Star Group asked for search and rescue. The two survivors were found in separate life rafts, which is why the search continued for others.
- No official cause, weather finding or cargo-shift report was attached to the first Coast Guard account.
How An Iron-Ore Run Ended 240 Miles Out
- A nautical mile is longer than a land mile, so 240 nautical miles is well outside Paradip harbour control.
- Sri Vijaya Puram is the new name for Port Blair, which hosts the maritime rescue centre that took the 11.48 am alert.
- Iron ore fines can shift if they liquefy in a hold, a known bulk-carrier risk, but investigators had not named that as the cause on day one.
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