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Kochi shipwreck issue
June 3 , 2025
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- The Kerala government has declared the wreckage of the Liberian-flagged cargo ship a State-specific disaster.
- The ship, MSC ELSA-3 bearing IMO number 9123221, sank near the coast of Kerala.
- It contains 640 containers including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 containing calcium carbide.
- ICG ship Saksham, carrying pollution-response equipment, remains deployed at the site.
- The ICG’s Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre (MRSC) in Kochi immediately launched a coordinated response.
- The Coast Guard’s Dornier aircraft was deployed for aerial surveillance.
- Subsequently, ICG patrol ships and merchant vessels MV Han Yi and MSC Silver 2 were diverted to assist (the stranded crew)
- The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, also closely monitors the situation.
- INCOIS has activated its Search and Rescue Aid Tool (SARAT) to assist in locating containers or drifting objects.
- Three Indian Coast Guard (ICG) vessels Vikram, Saksham, and Samarth are relying on infrared cameras to detect the extent of the oil spill.
- The Mercantile Marine Department, Kochi, issued a pollution liability warning to the vessel owners MSC under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958.
- Pollution response vessel Samudra Prahari is also mobilised.
- They also utilised oil spill dispersant (OSD) to contain the spread of oil from the vessel.
Impact in Tamilnadu
- Several bags of tiny plastic pellets (nurdles) were washed ashore in some of the coastal hamlets of western Kanniyakumari district.
- A few damaged bags and tiny plastic pellets were found along the shoreline of Enayampuththanthurai, Vallavilai, Eravipuththanthurai and a few more coastal villages in Kanniyakumari district.
- A container was also found washed ashore between the very coastal villages of Kodimunai and Vaniyakudi near Colachel.
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