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Vessel traffic in Mumbai Port continues to be disrupted following a fire started by a lightning strike out in a tank at Jawahar Dweep oil terminal on Friday evening (6 October).

Cargo operations at Jawahar Dweep were suspended with all vessels cast off to a safe distance by 1810 hours local time on Friday. Shipping movements at Jawaher Dweep were completely suspended until the fire was brought under control.

No casualties have been reported and efforts are underway to extinguish the fire and prevent it spreading to other tanks.

For further details and information about operations at Indian ports contact GAC India at india@gac.com