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CID arrested X-Press Pearl’s captain

June 14, 2021 2 Mins Read

SL media reported today(14-Jun), The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka arrested the captain of MV X-Press Pearl. The captain was produced before a Magistrate, who ordered his release on a personal bond of Rs. 2 million. The skipper of the ship was also given a travel ban by the Magistrate. MV X-Press Pearl

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Satellite photographs of the MV X-Press Pearl show a large oil leak

June 10, 2021 2 Mins Read

Satellite photographs show a big oil slick surrounding the wrecked container ship in Sri Lanka On the 2nd of June, the X-Press Pearl began to sink when a fire broke out on board. Chemicals were loaded into the ship. Sri Lanka's "worst maritime ecological calamity" has been described as a result of the occurrence. Authorities

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Divers discovered the sunken container ship X-Press Pearl’s “black box”!

June 8, 2021 2 Mins Read

Divers discovered the sunken container ship X-Press Pearl’s “black box”! The voyage data recorder (VDR) of the container ship X-Press Pearl, which sank partially last week off the coast of Colombo after a deadly cargo fire, has been found by the Sri Lankan Navy. Before and during the fire, the X-Press Pearl was anchored, and

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The beaches of Sri Lanka are encrusted with plastic

June 7, 2021 3 Mins Read

The beaches of Sri Lanka are encrusted with plastic Greenpeace.org reported (June 4); Another avoidable shipping calamity is plastic pollution in Sri Lanka waters. Government corruption and a plastics addiction are wreaking havoc on the world's oceans. After a chemical leak provoked a response in the ship's cargo, the Singapore-registered X Press Pearl cargo vessel

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[VIDEO] X-Press Feeder’s CEO apologized for the effects of the sunken container ship

June 4, 2021 1 Min Read

X-Press Feeder's CEO apologized for the effects of the sunken container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka According to Tang See Kit (CNA) While Sri Lanka prepares itself for anticipated oil spills from a sunken cargo ship registered in Singapore, on Thursday (June 3) the vessel operator's chief executive, expressed its 'deep regret and