Kochi, May 25 -- The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Indian Navy on Sunday stated that they have escalated pollution response activities following the successful rescue of all 24 crew members from the Liberia-flagged container vessel MSC ELSA 3, which sank off Kochi this morning.
All 24 crew members on board were rescued, 21 by ICG last night and three by the Indian Navy's INS Sujata today. The vessel went down with 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 containing calcium carbide. It was also loaded with 84.44 MT of diesel and 367.1 MT of furnace oil, according to a release.
Given the sensitive marine ecosystem along the Kerala's coast, ICG has activated full pollution response preparedness. ICG aircraft equipped with ad...
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