The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has conducted a search and rescue (SAR) operation to rescue nine crew members of the Indian cargo sailing vessel Tajdare Haram, which abandoned ship after water entered it about 120 nautical miles south of Karachi. .

“The vessel reported water intrusion around 11:00 a.m. on December 26, prompting the crew to abandon the vessel and take refuge in a life raft,” PMSA said.

After receiving the distress alert from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) Mumbai, the PMSA immediately launched a coordinated rescue effort, it said. PMSA deployed an aircraft and directed nearby merchant ships and PMSA ships to reach the incident site. The PMSA aircraft successfully located the survivors and enabled an Indian Coast Guard vessel operating in nearby Indian waters for subsequent recovery. This is the second such successful PMSA operation in the last three weeks. On 4 December, PMSA rescued 12 Indian crew members from MSV Peeran-e-Peer in a similar SAR mission.

In a statement, PMSA said the MRCC had received an “urgent email” from MRCC Mumbai India requesting assistance in locating and rescuing survivors from the sunken vessel.

“The ship is reported to have sunk in Pakistan’s exclusive economic zone and its 12 crew members were stranded on a distressed life raft,” it said.

In response, the Pakistan Maritime Agency launched a coordinated rescue operation involving multiple assets and agencies.

Quick response and effective coordination resulted in the successful rescue of all 12 survivors from the Indian cargo vessel, PMSA said.

“PMSA remains unwavering in its commitment to maritime security and compliance with international obligations under the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Convention. Such operations underline PMSA’s commitment to saving lives at sea regardless of nationality and promoting regional maritime cooperation,” it added.