The fire, reportedly triggered by multiple explosions, caused about 20 containers to fall into the sea. The vessel had 22 crew members on board, most of them Taiwanese nationals.
Several containers from the Liberian-flagged cargo ship MSC ELSA 3, which sank off the coast of Kochi, began washing ashore at various locations in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
According to a Navy spokesperson, the vessel was en route from Vizhinjam to Kochi and then onward to Thoothukudi.
In a swift sea-air coordinated operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully intercepted and detained an Iranian fishing vessel off the Kerala coast, west of Beypore.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a depression warning for 48 hours over the southeast Arabian Sea not far…
