Indian’s Kerala state on high alert as vessel with hazardous cargo sinks

The ship sank off the Indian southern coast in the Arabian Sea (Indian Coast Guard via AP)

India’s southern state of Kerala has issued a high alert after a container ship carrying hazardous cargo sank off its coast in the Arabian Sea.

The Liberia-flagged MSC ELSA 3 was sailing between the Indian ports of Vizhinjam and Kochi when it sank about 38 nautical miles off Kerala on Sunday morning.