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Gravitas: Sri Lanka douses cargo ship after 6 days

May 29, 2021
What is the first thing that comes to mind when we talk about commerce? Probably these huge

cargo

ship

s with dozens of containers carrying tons of goods world trade has become synonymous with these metal monsters. They are heavy, difficult to control, and sometimes a disaster waiting to happen. let me show you what's happening off the coast of sri

lanka

this is what that half sunken

ship

looks like it's mv express pearl and all that's left is a piece of metal a piece of metal actually surrounded by thick black smoke For the past six

days

, this ship was burning non-stop.
gravitas sri lanka douses cargo ship after 6 days
The Indian and Sri Lankan navy have been working round the clock to put out this fire. The good news is that they did it. The fire has been extinguished, but many questions still remain. How did this fire start? It was this accident. Avoidable and what it says about the world's love affair with containers. Let's start by following the ship's journey. She left the port of Hazira in India on May 15. The course was set for Singapore, which meant sailing around Sri Lanka. What was the ship that transported chemicals and cosmetics? including 25 tons of nitric acid now nitric acid by itself does not burn but when it touches certain metals it can cause explosions that seems to be what happened here the nitric acid leaked from one of the containers and once the fire broke out the winds monsoons did the rest, the entire ship was engulfed in flames, but this was not an accident.
gravitas sri lanka douses cargo ship after 6 days

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The ship's operator was aware of this leak, so why did they continue sailing? The ship apparently attempted to leave this container behind not once but twice, first in Qatar and then again in India, but both ports did not have the facilities to store it, so instead of calling for help, the ship simply sailed away. Can we then call this an accident? An accident occurs through no fault of your own. This is negligence. Criminal negligence. part of the last six

days

it looked like the ship was going to sink sri

lanka

was preparing for an environmental disaster a long list of things could have gone wrong an oil spill another acid leak into the ocean fortunately the fire was extinguished but not yet we let you know how stable it is the ship is apparently tilted to its right and a handful of containers have already slipped into the sea controlling this fire was not easy dozens of tugboats and helicopters were deployed the indian navy sent three ships, a tugboat and a plane Dornier even then it took six whole days to put out this fire and now the cleanup begins the beaches of Sri Lanka are flooded with pieces of plastic and metal, all coming from the gutted ship, hundreds of soldiers are on the ground cleaning up this mess it is a disaster general that could have been avoided and in Sri Lanka this happens too often in September last year another ship caught fire off the coast the new empty diamond took seven days to control that fire it is most likely that this accident will follow the same pattern The captain of Monte Nuevos Diamonds paid a fine of 65,000 to the owner of the ship and was charged 2.4 million dollars.
gravitas sri lanka douses cargo ship after 6 days
A similar complaint has been filed against the captain of this boat, so there is legal precedent for what is happening, but these fines cannot reverse the impact on the ecology, long-term effects on fishing or tourism. That's why we need to reexamine

cargo

trade. Too many ships are making headlines, some of them are stuck in the Suez Canal, others are exploding in port cities, the sheer number of these containers sailing around the world is mind-boggling and the fact is that we don't have the infrastructure to support this. . Do you remember what happened in Beirut last year? There was a massive explosion in the city port again.
gravitas sri lanka douses cargo ship after 6 days
For the same reason there is no infrastructure to support the expansion of trade. So when countries talk about trade agreements, it is time for us to discuss how to do this. trade is also safer captains and crew need more scrutiny negligence should be a criminal offense because the world got lucky this time the next disaster may be unstoppable veon is now available in your country download the app now and receive all the moving news

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