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BANGALORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The Sri Lankan authorities are pursuing charges against the Singapore-based shipping company whose container vessel caught fire near Colombo port on May 21.
Sri Lanka ship fire extinguished after 13 days
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01/06/2021 - 14:02 Smoke billows from the MV X-Press Pearl off the coast of Sri Lanka on Monday Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI AFP 2 min
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A fire aboard a cargo ship off Sri Lanka was finally extinguished Tuesday after a 13-day international operation, the navy said.
Tonnes of microplastic granules from its cargo have inundated Sri Lanka s beaches, forcing a fishing ban and sparking fears of ecological devastation.
Experts from Dutch salvage company SMIT boarded the MV X-Press Pearl and reported massive flooding of the engine rooms.
Navy spokesman Captain Indika de Silva said the stern of the 186-metre (610-feet) long container carrier had gone down by about a metre because of the flooding.
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Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials a short while ago to tow the X-PRESS PEARL container ship into deep seas off the Colombo Harbour.
The decision comes following a meeting with high level officials and the President.
Minister of Ports and Shipping Rohitha Abeygun