Following a collision with the sunken ship MV Rita on 12 June, a light local vessel, MV Brishti, loaded with 9500t of clinker imports capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Patenga beach in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Diamond Cement was importing this clinker for use in its production plant. The vessel was heading to Diamond?s private jetty on the Karnaphuli River after picking up the material from the bulk carrier, Xing Peng Da at outer anchorage.