Published by:-Greatfuture Info  In Brief : Defence Ministry said that the vessel was carrying nearly nine thousand metric tonnes of palm oil with 23 crew members onboard. AIR, September 28,    The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has averted a major maritime incident following a distress situation onboard the Belize-flagged chemical tanker MT Seagull 9, near Odisha’s Paradip coast. The vessel issued an urgent distress call yesterday morning following main engine failure and rapid flooding of a ballast tank, resulting in a dangerous tilt. Defence Ministry said that the vessel was carrying nearly nine thousand metric tonnes of palm oil with 23 crew members onboard. The Ministry said that ICGS Vishwast was immediately deployed to the location. A specialist ICG Damage Control Team boarded the unstable vessel and commenced emergency damage-control measures. Defence Ministry said that to augment the response, the Indian Coast Guard diverted a Pollution Control Vessel and a...