<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Eleven crew of a coal-laden vessel swam ashore after a crack developed in its bottom in the Pashur River on its way to Jashore from Mongla sea port in Bagerhat on Saturday morning.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kazi Kamrul Islam, master of cargo vessel ‘MV Ishra Mahmud’, said the vessel sailed out for Jashore’s Naowapara after loading 950 metric tonnes of coal from a merchant vessel at the sea port on Friday evening.</div><div><br></div><div>When the vessel anchored in the Charkana area of the river 11 am, a crack developed in its bottom and water entered, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Makruzzman, deputy director (public relations) of the Mongla Port Authority, said the coals are being shifted from the vessel to a barge, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>Moreover, movement of vessels remained uninterrupted on the Pashur Channel, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>