Fire erupts on cargo ship in Indian Ocean, 1 crew lacking

A fireplace broke out on Liberian-flagged ship, the MSC Messina, crusing towards Singapore within the Indian Ocean. One of its crew is lacking. A fireplace broke out on a container ship crusing towards Singapore within the Indian Ocean. (Source: Twitter/@IndiaCoastGuard)A fireplace broke out on a container ship crusing towards Singapore within the Indian Ocean and one in every of its crew is lacking, Sri Lankan and Indian authorities mentioned Friday.

Sri Lankan navy spokesperson Indika de Silva mentioned the Maritime Rescue Coordinating Center in Colombo acquired a message a few fireplace on the Liberian-flagged ship, the MSC Messina. It left Colombo port in Sri Lanka on Tuesday and is about 480 nautical miles (890 kilometers) off the nation’s southern coast, he mentioned.The Indian coast guard tweeted that one of many ship’s 28 crew members was lacking. It mentioned an Indian coast guard ship and plane have been being deployed.The fireplace got here every week after a container ship carrying chemical compounds sank off Colombo almost a month after catching fireplace, elevating issues about extreme environmental contamination.The Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl is sitting on the seabed at a depth of 21 meters (70 toes). The ship burned for 12 days and sank after efforts to tow it to the deep sea failed.The navy believes the blaze on the X-Press Pearl was attributable to its chemical cargo, most of which was destroyed within the fireplace. Debris together with burned fiberglass and tons of plastic pellets have severely polluted surrounding waters and an extended stretch of the island nation’s famed seashores.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.