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26-05-2025
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Indian's Kerala state on high alert as vessel with hazardous cargo sinks
India's southern state of Kerala has issued a high alert after a container ship carrying hazardous cargo sank off its coast in the Arabian Sea. The Liberia-flagged MSC ELSA 3 was sailing between the Indian ports of Vizhinjam and Kochi when it sank about 38 nautical miles off Kerala on Sunday morning. All 24 crew members were rescued, India's defence ministry said. The vessel went down with 640 containers, including 13 with an unspecified 'hazardous cargo' and 12 containing calcium carbide. It also had 84.44 metric tonnes of diesel and 367.1 metric tons of furnace oil in its tanks. The Kerala chief minister's office on Monday urged people to stay away from some of the containers that began washing ashore. It also advised fishermen not to venture too close to the sunken ship. The Indian Coast Guard said it had sent an aircraft with an oil spill detection system to survey the area on Sunday. It also deployed a ship carrying pollution control equipment to the site of the accident.
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26-05-2025
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India state on alert after ship carrying hazardous cargo capsizes
Authorities in India's southern Kerala state have issued an alert after a ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo leaked and sank off the state's coast in the Arabian Sea. The spill occurred in a Liberian-flagged vessel that capsized near Kochi city on Sunday. The coastal stretch is rich in biodiversity and is also an important tourist destination. All 24 crew members on board the ship have been rescued but some of the ship's 640 containers have reportedly been drifting towards the shore, prompting evacuations in the area. Authorities fear that oil, fuel and other harmful substances that have leaked from the ship and its cargo could endanger the health of residents and marine life. "As the oil slick can reach anywhere along the Kerala coast, an alert has been sounded across the coastal belt," a statement from the chief minister's office said. Authorities have advised residents living near the sea to not touch any containers or the oil that might wash up to the shore, while fishermen have been asked to avoid venturing too close to the sunken ship. On Monday, officials said they had intensified pollution control measures to contain the spill. The Indian Coast Guard has deployed a ship carrying pollution control equipment to the site. It has also sent one of its aircraft which has an oil spill detection system to survey the area. The vessel - MSC ELSA 3 - which was travelling from Vizhinjam port to Kochi, began to tilt dangerously when it was about 38 nautical miles from the coast of Kochi. It capsized into the Arabian Sea in the early hours of Sunday due to flooding in one of its compartments. The Indian Coast Guard said that the ship was carrying 13 containers of hazardous cargo and 12 with calcium carbide - a chemical that reacts with seawater to release a flammable gas. "Additionally, [the] ship had 84.44 metric tonnes of diesel and 367.1 metric tonnes of furnace oil in its tanks," it said. The crew members were rescued by Indian navy personnel after an hours-long operation.
