The Indian Coast Guard has intensified its response to the MSC ELSA 3 incident, deploying three Offshore Patrol Vessels and a Pollution Control Vessel to contain the oil spill off the Kerala coast.

A defence PRO, in a post on the social media platform X, said that efforts were currently underway by the ICG, with the assistance of multiple coast guard assets, to deal with the oil spill caused by the shipwreck.

A Liberian-flagged container ship that capsized off India's southwestern coast is at risk of causing an oil spill, officials said, as they rush to prevent an environmental catastrophe.