 A cargo ship carrying tons of chemicals is sinking off Sri Lanka's west coast. The country's government in Navy said this on Wednesday, now efforts to tow the vessel to deeper water had to stop as its rear end was heating the seabed. The Singapore registered MVX press pearl was carrying 1,486 containers, including 25 tons of nitric oxide, along with other chemicals and cosmetics. It was anchored off the island's west coast when the fire erupted on May the 20th. Now tons of plastic pellets have swamped the island's coastline and reached fission grounds, creating one of the biggest environmental crisis in decades.