Jag-Anand

The 'Jag Anand', which had stranded off the Chinese coast for 356 days with a cargo of Australian coal, has left the port of Jingtang on May 21, 2021, after delivering its cargo, headed to Zhoushan, ETA May 25. The ship, chartered by Cargill Inc, thad left the port of Gladstone on May 26, 2020, laden with 174,000 tons of coal. It anchored off Jingtang in mid-June before finally arriving at the port on May 16. The ship and its sailors, along with more than 70 other bulk carriers, were stranded off the coast when China implemented a ban on several Australian commodities amid worsening relations between the two countries. At least 19 ships carrying Australian coal from the height of the spat were still anchored off the Chinese coast. The 'W Eagle', holding 90,000 tons of coal, departed Gladstone on June 17, 2020, and was still waiting off Jingtang. While China allowed 35 of the ships to offload, others sailed away earlier and delivered their cargo to India, Vietnam and other nations in Southeast Asia.​

On Jan 20 the 23 Indian sailors who had been stuck on the 'Jag Anand' for months were finally on their way home and expected to arrive in the night. The Chinese government before had allowed a crew change, whiile the negotiations regarding the off-loading of the cargo of coal from Australia continued.

The 'Jag Anand' which was stranded at Chinese port of Jingtang has reached Tokyo ancorage on Jan 18 for a crew change. Sufferings of 23 Indian crew members stuck on the ship since June 2020 have finally come to an end as all of them will fly back to India in the next 36 hours. The first batch of roughly a dozen sailors will leave for India in the night of Jan 18, the second batch was expected to leave for India on Jan 19. After prolonged talks between Indian side and Chinese side, the ship was allowed to sail on Jan 10. Within a couple of days, the 'Jag Anand', laden with Australian coal should head back to Jingtang port where it will settle at the end of the queue as China has not shown any signs of easing the import ban on Australian coal.