Efforts to Remove Fuel from Sunken MSC Elsa 3 Delayed

Efforts to Remove Fuel from Sunken MSC Elsa 3 Delayed

India’s Directorate General of Shipping reports that efforts to remove the fuel from the wreck of the MSC Elsa 3 are being delayed due to peak monsoon...

MSC postpones evacuation of the sinking cargo ship’s hull and gasoline - Maritime Gateway

After Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the shipowner, terminated its agreement with salvage company T&T Salvage, the effort to recover hundreds of tons of oil from the sunken cargo ship MSC Elsa 3 off the coast of Kerala has abruptly stopped. The sunken ship is located in the Arabian Sea at a depth of about 54 meters, 14.6 nautical miles off Thottappally Harbour in Alappuzha. MSC asserted that T&T Salvage lacked the necessary experience to …

MSC delays fuel and wreck removal of sunken cargo ship off Kerala coast - India Seatrade News

The operation to extract hundreds of tonnes of oil from the sunken cargo ship MSC Elsa 3 off Kerala’s coast has come to a sudden halt after the shipowner, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), ended its contract with salvage firm T&T Salvage. The sunken vessel is situated approximately 14.6 nautical miles off Thottappally Harbour in Alappuzha, lying at a depth of around 54 meters in the Arabian Sea. According to India’s Mercantile Marine Departm…

MSC Delays Fuel And Wreck Removal Of Sunken Cargo Ship Off Kerala Coast

The company claimed that the salvage team lacked the required expertise to carry out fuel extraction and wreck recovery operations at that depth.