Massive ship dumps cargo after collision off India coast

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38625520

MUMBAI, India — Indian coast guard vessels and helicopters worked Monday to contain an oil spill from a stricken container ship that collided with another vessel in the Arabian Sea, a spokesman for India's defense ministry said.

The amount of oil leaked was unclear. The environment minister of Maharashtra state told reporters Monday about 2 tons of oil was pouring into the water every hour.

The MSC Chitra's cargo included several thousand tons of oil products such as diesel and lubricants, Environment Minister Suresh Shetty said, adding the government was consulting foreign experts on how best to contain the spill.

At least 250 containers from the damaged vessel fell off and port officials were trying to salvage them to avoid navigational hazards to other ships, officials said.

[lordcommander]

1. A new shipment of fail has delivered! nt

[valerief]

7. You got that right! nt

[XemaSab]

2. I have a sinking feeling looking at this picture too

:P

[Vickers]

4. DANGIT!

I was just coming in here to post something along those lines (but not as clever).

:P

[slackmaster]

3. Are there any rubber ducks or Nike shoes in that load?

:argh:

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. My first thought, too.

How long before that cargo washes up in Puget Sound?

[FirstLight]

5. amazing picture

think that those little rectangles/containers are as big as a semi-truck... wow

sucks that the cargo is a bunch of freaking poison.

[Yavin4]

8. Ship Be Sinking

For you NY Knicks fans.

[Canuckistanian]

9. There goes another shipment of H1B workers

But first, we call the insurance company.

[Bonhomme Richard]

10. For sailors those containers are just about the worst things floating

around in the ocean. They tend to float just below the water surface so you can't see them. At night it is basically impossible. If you hit one you are done just as if you drove your boat into a tractor trailer rig.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. wow. look at all that stuff going into the sea.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

12. i sense a new entry into failblog.org coming real soon... n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. SS GOP, due in port on 11/02/10

[Old Troop]

14. Ya know, something similar, although smaller, occured in Limon Bay

near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal in 1986. People were grabbing stuff for weeks!