Sri Lanka: There were 1,486 containers on board the sinking ship.
Colombo:
A cargo ship is sinking off Sri Lanka s main port of Colombo after a 13-day fire that already caused the island s worst marine environmental damage.
The Indian Ocean nation is now battling to avert a possible oil leak that would compound the pollution caused by tonnes of plastic that have swamped beaches.
How big is the ship?
The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl is almost brand new, made in China and commissioned in February.
Its overall length is 186 metres (610 feet), about the size of one and a half football pitches. The height is about 45 meters (150 feet) and width is 34 meters (112 feet). It is built to carry 2,700 containers. Gross tonnage is 31,600.
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The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl, carrying 1,486 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid and has nearly 350 tonnes of oil in its fuel tanks, was anchored off the port city of Negombo.
South Asia News: The ship was heading to Colombo from Gujarat in India when the blaze started, having previously visited Qatar and Dubai. There were 1,486 containers o
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