1. Due to a shipping incident in the Black Sea involving two ships- the LPG/C Maestro and the LPG/C Candy on 21 January 2019, we regret to inform that there have been casualties among Indian seamen working on these ships. We convey our deepest condolences
to families of those deceased.
2. List of deceased Indians
| S. No. |
Name |
Name of Vessel |
| 1. |
Pinal Kumar Bharatbhai Tandel |
LPG/C Candy |
| 2. |
Vikram Singh |
LPG/C Candy |
| 3. |
Sarvanan Nagarajan |
LPG/C Candy |
| 4. |
Vishal Dod |
LPG/C Candy |
| 5. |
Raja Debnarayan Panigrahi |
LPG/C Candy |
| 6. |
Karankumar Haribhai Tandel |
LPG/C Maestro |
3. List of missing Indians
| S. No. |
Name |
Name of Vessel |
| 1. |
Siddharth Meher |
LPG/C Maestro |
| 2. |
Neeraj Singh |
LPG/C Maestro |
| 3. |
Sebastian Britto Breezlin Sahayaraj |
LPG/C Maestro |
| 4. |
Rushikesh Raju Sakpal |
LPG/C Candy |
| 5. |
Akshay Baban Jadhav |
LPG/C Candy |
| 6. |
Anandasekar Avinash |
LPG/C Maestro |
4. List of rescued Indians
| S. No. |
Name |
Name of Vessel |
| 1. |
Harish Jogi |
LPG/C Maestro |
| 2. |
Sachin Singh |
LPG/C Maestro |
| 3. |
Ashish Ashok Nair |
LPG/C Maestro |
| 4. |
Kamleshbhai Gopalbhai Tandel |
LPG/C Candy |
5. Russian Maritime Agency and Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre Novorossiysk are continuing efforts to locate those listed as missing. Any updates in this will be conveyed as soon as additional information is received from the Russian side.
6. Director General Communication Center, Indian Registry of Shipping , Mumbai is in touch with families of affected Indian seamen. Their contact number is 0091-22-22614646, 022 22610606.
7. Arrangements are being made after completion of necessary formalities to bring back the bodies of the deceased to India. The repatriation of the other sailors is also being facilitated through Director General Communication Center, Indian Registry of Shipping
, Mumbai.
8. The emergency contact number of the Embassy of India in Moscow is 007-9652773414.
New Delhi
January 23, 2019
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