Reversed ships in Kerala, dangerous chemicals seeping in the sea
The Liberian ship immersed in Kochi, Kerala, had 640 containers, who drowned. Some of these containers have flowed and reached the coasts. According to the Indian Coast Guard, on 25 May the hold of the ship started to fill water rapidly, due to which he turned and drowned. There were a total of 20 people on that cargo ship, everyone has been rescued. After this, India’s Ministry of Defense tweeted on 25 May, “There were 640 containers in the ship immersed in Kochi, out of which 13 containers had dangerous chemicals. Calcium carbide was filled in 12 out of 13 containers. Apart from these chemicals, the ship’s tanks also had 84.44 metric tonnes of diesel and 367.1 MT furnace oil. ‘
The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority i.e. KSDMA has declared an alert in coastal areas of the sea and fishermen have been warned to stay away from the coastal areas. There is a fear of getting the chemicals present in the containers in the water, which can lead to a big accident at any time. People have been appealed to not touch containers or oil flowing on the beach and immediately inform the police.
Ship accident in Kerala
Containers have dangerous chemicals
12 containers of ship have calcium carbide which is gray or black solids and forms acetylene gas and calcium hydroxide when found with water. Acetylene is highly flammable and can explode in the air. This gas can catch a fire with small sparks or heat, causing explosion in the sea. If the calcium carbide present in the container is found in sea water, it will rapidly make acetylene gas.
Dangerous chemicals seeping from container
Apart from these, the rest of the containers also have dangerous chemicals, whose information has not been found. If the dangerous chemicals and oil present in the ship are found in sea water, then there may be a huge danger. Work is being done to remove oil and chemicals. Many teams are present but it is not so easy.
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