Kochi, June 7 -- The work on extracting marine diesel and furnace oil from the fuel tanks of the sunken Liberia-flagged cargo vessel MSC ELSA 3 will begin on June 9, a senior shipping official said on Friday. The cargo vessel, on its way to Kochi port from the Vizhinjam International Seaport, had developed a 26-degree starboard list and subsequently sank around 14.5 nautical miles off the Kerala coast on the morning of May 25. While the 24 foreign crew members onboard were rescued in a joint operation by the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), the incident triggered fears of an oil spill. A senior shipping official, who did not wish to be named, said a team of expert deep-sea diving personnel are slated to advance to the region wh...