Ocean pollution poses risks to both marine and human life, and a sunken cargo ship is polluting the shores of Sri Lanka, ...

Plastic pellets from the cargo ship have been washing up on the island nation’s beaches, including ecologically fragile ...

Sri Lanka is once again facing a significant marine environmental crisis, as tiny plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles, ...

Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.The Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Tamil Nadu gov ...

According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) classification, calcium carbide falls under Class 4.3, which denotes flammable solids dangerous when wet.

Cargo ship MSC Elsa 3 sank near Kochi, carrying hazardous calcium carbide, coconuts, and other goods. Seven carbide containers lost at sea.

The recent capsize of a cargo vessel off the Kerala coast has put an already fragile marine ecosystem under threat. In a press meet held in Kochi on Wednesday, ...

Scientifically, if calcium carbide mixes with water, it can produce acetylene gas and calcium hydroxide. Acetylene is a highly inflammable gas when it comes into contact with water.

So far, no calcium carbide containers have washed ashore, and what has been detected is a thin layer of oil spill after the Liberian vessel sank with hazardous cargo on board off the Kerala coast, ...

Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (PTI) So far, no calcium carbide containers have washed ashore, and what has been detected is a thin layer of oil spill after the Liberian vessel sank with hazardous cargo ...

However, the presence of large quantity of calcium carbide and hazardous cargo is posing a challenge. “The ship is 28 years old, but we don’t think that could be the reason for capsize.

So far, no calcium carbide containers have washed ashore and what has been detected is a thin layer of oil spill after the Liberian vessel sank with hazardous cargo on board off the Kerala coast ...