KOCHI/ BENGALURU, May 26 (Reuters) - Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala were scrambling to contain an oil spill on Monday after a container vessel sank, leaking fuel into the ...

Authorities in Kerala were scrambling to contain an oil spill on Monday after a container vessel sank, leaking fuel into the Arabian Sea and releasing 100 cargo containers into the water.

Over 640 containers went down with the Liberian vessel, and 13 reportedly hold dangerous materials like calcium carbide, which can release flammable acetylene gas on contact with seawater.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has been placed on high alert for pollution response operations after the container vessel MSC ELSA 3 sank off the coast of Kochi in the early hours of Sunday.

Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala were scrambling to contain an oil spill on Monday after a container vessel sank, leaking fuel into the Arabian Sea and releasing 100 cargo ...

A cargo vessel carrying 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous materials, sank off , triggering fears of environmental damage along the coastline that prompted state government to issue an ...

While the sinking of a ship of this size is uncommon, smaller vessels in the Bay Area “sink all the time,” noted Thompson, from the Coast Guard. “I would say that on average, the sector responds to ...

All 24 crew members were rescued, India’s defense ministry said. The vessel went down with 640 containers, including 13 with an unspecified “hazardous cargo” and 12 containing calcium carbide.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s southern state of Kerala on Monday issued a high alert along its coastal areas and asked fishermen not to venture near the site of an accident where a container ship ...

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 ...