Chittagong: A water-supplying vessel of Chittagong Port capsized at the number 13 jetty on Sunday morning.

Captain Nazmul Alam, Deputy Conservator of Chittagong Port, said a ship 'MV Mashuk' which was deployed for supplying water to other ships and anchored at the port sank at about 5:00am on Sunday.

All the crews were rescued from the place of occurrence and an investigation started to trace out the reason of sinking, he added.

He said port operations have not been affected due to sinking of ship and the rescue team of Chittagong port has started their drives to rescue the capsized ship.