Foreign technicians, divers come to remove oil from MSC Elsa 3

Two and a half months after the fighting of the container ship flared with Liberia MSC ELSA On the coast of Kerala, foreign technicians and divers came to the Port of Kollam to help to contain and remove oil and other dangerous substances from the ship. The immigrant officials published in Kollam made transitions for technicians who were moved from Kollam to the site using open marine support ships.

It was unclear whether the underwater divers started to work on the leakage from the ship, but it was re -identified on Monday, August 4, 2025. According to the state government officials, the coastal security team patrolling in the region had identified oil slippers. With the improved weather conditions on the Arabian Sea, foreign technicians and divers were issued to remove oil from the sunken ship.

There were about 640 containers when the ship was on the way to Kochi from Vizhinjam to Kochi on May 24th. Among the containers were classified as dangerous and 12 of them contained calcium carbide. The ship also had 84.44 tons of diesel and 367.1 tons of oven oil and caused serious environmental concerns.

Now, the port of Kollam was selected as a logistics center for diving operation due to its proximity (7 meters). Kollam is also an ideal place for the project coordination, which provides administrative convenience compared to effective return times (about 4.5 hours to the site) and Kochi, since it is sunken between Alappuzha and Kollam. The mobilization of the Southern Nova ship was a critical transition to the next operational stage, which focused on deep sea fuel extraction from the wrecking ship using the saturation diving.

In early June, Greenpeace was seen by South Asia, about 9.3 km long with a visible silver/metallic reflection, but although the salvation claimed that oil leaks were successfully limited, an oil lubrication from the ship was detected by Greenpeace South Asia. It is estimated that the oil recovery from the ship will last for about four weeks, subject to weather conditions.

Sinking MSC ELSA 3 On May 24, 14.6, the sea mile away from the coast of Kochi, oil and chemical leaks created a serious threat to sea ecosystems along the coasts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and the Kerala government was declared a ‘state -specific disaster’.