Firm appointed to salvage sunken vessel

Staff Correspondent, Ctg
A private firm was appointed yesterday to salvage a lighter vessel that sank with 2,600 tonnes of pulse near Banglabazar Jute Rally Ghat off Chittagong Port when a salvage barge hit it from behind on Wednesday. Nurul Amin, manager of NZ Corporation, the firm owning the vessel, said they appointed CS Salvage, a private salvage firm, to salvage the vessel. Meanwhile, Mercantile Marine Department (MMD) formed a three-member committee to probe the accident.