Sri Lanka says burnt foreign container vessel is sinking
Sri Lanka says burnt foreign container vessel is sinking Xinhua 02 Jun 2021, 19:05 GMT+10 COLOMBO, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lanka Navy on Wednesday said the burnt X-Press Pearl container ship which caught fire in the outskirts of the Colombo Port had begun to sink and operations were underway to tow it into deeper seas. Navy Spokesman Captain Indika De Silva said a private salvage team had started to tow the ship into deeper seas as instructed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the fire onboard had now been completely doused. State Minister of Fisheries Kanchana Wijesekera said the Fishe...
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