WATCH | Kerala Declares Emergency | MSC ELSA 3 Sinks with Hazardous Cargo & Oil Leak

Описание: The Kerala government on Sunday issued a statewide emergency after a Liberian cargo ship, MSC ELSA 3 that was carrying 64 oil containers including some with “hazardous vargo” turned over and sank off the state’s coast. A warning was issued along the coastal districts for possible environmental damage following a meeting chaired by chief secretary A Jayathilak.
“As the oil slick can reach anywhere along the Kerala coast, an alert has been sounded across the coastal belt. The containers are drifting in the sea at a speed of 3 km per hour. Besides the oil in the fallen containers, marine fuel used in the ship has also leaked,” the chief minister’s office said after the meeting.

All 24 members who were in the ship have been rescued by the Indian Coast Guard and the Indian Navy's INS Sujata. The coast guard has asserted that the incident occurred “due to flooding in one of the holds”.

While releasing a statement on X, the Coast Guard asserted that, “All 24 crew members of Liberian-flagged container vessel MSC ELSA 3 were rescued safely, 21 by Indian Coast Guard and three by Indian Navy ship, Sujata, after the vessel sank off Kochi this morning. The vessel was carrying 640 containers, including 13 containing hazardous cargo and 12 with calcium carbide. Additionally, the ship had 84.44 metric tonnes of diesel and 367.1 metric tonnes of furnace oil in its tanks.

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