The Coast Guard said that a day after the fire from the coast of Kerala, a Singapore-Jakka container ship with dangerous and flammable cargo is still on fire and began to bend. It also said that more containers have fallen from the ship on Tuesday.
The National Center for Ocean Information Services (Incois) has alerted some containers along the Kerala coast.
The Coast Guard said that the fire and the explosion on the ship are now mainly in the central part of the ship. “Forward, by Fire is now under control, although thick smoke is made. The vessel is listing about 10 to 15 degrees ports (left side). More containers have fallen from the ship,” said this.
Coast Guard ships Samadra Prahari and Sache are operating fire fighting and border cooling. Another ship, Samarth, is being deployed from Kochi, the Coast Guard said.
Defense spokesperson in Kochi, Commander Atul Pillai said, “In 22 crew in the ship, 18 rescued persons were brought to Mangaluru port on Monday night and handed over to the shipping agent for hospital care. Despite the adverse conditions, to go close to the ship for Tuesday, to go close to the ship, and then, the way will be set further.”
He said that the search for the missing crew is still going on. He said, “Navy Ship Ins Sutlage is also in place. INS Suraj, who has brought the crew rescued in Mangaluru, has returned to the spot to increase the operation. Search operations for the missing four crew are still going on. The shipping firm has already appointed a salve master,” he said.
The State Disaster Management Authority released a list of cargo on the ship on Tuesday, with 157 containers to be taken. Cargo details (container manifests) suggest that the vessel is carrying environmentally dangerous materials and a variety of flammable fluids in liquid and solid forms. Cargo also includes printing ink, lithium batteries, nephthylene (crude and refined), and pesticides.
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Meanwhile, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Incois has predicted that containers, debris and other items that have fallen from the ship will flow in the south-south-east for the next three days, and some containers can move to the beach along the Kerala coast between Kozikode and Kochi.
“Depending on the simulation output generated by the incois using its search and rescue aid equipment (SARAT), the containers are likely to continue the flow of the sea for the next three days and may take longer on the beach. However, the beach of some containers between Kozikode and Kochi is advised to care about the beach,” Inkis said in an official communication.
The ship consists of 100 tonnes of bunker oil, but it is not clear how much it has spread. “Simulated splied oil pollutants are expected to flow parallel to the coastline by 4 pm on June 10 on June 10. By 4 pm on 11 June, the pollutants are expected to continue their movement in a parallel direction along the coast,” INCIS said.
(Tagstotransite) Kerala
