Many of the ship’s 1,486 containers tumbled into the sea before the mammoth blaze was put out earlier this week. The MV X-Press Pearl contained 278 tonnes of bunker fuel oil, 50 tonnes of gas oil, and about 20 containers of lubricating oil. The butterfly effect it continues to have and will have on future industries, communities, and our ecosystem is at debilitating apocalyptic proportions. The magnitude of this incident will dissipate, and with it, the media hype surrounding this calamity will also periodically subside. It isn’t only the fishing industry and the communities therein, but many related industries that are devastated.

Source: The Nation June 30, 2021 05:37 UTC