Environmental concerns following the cargo fire on board the Singaporean vessel X-Press Pearl last week has seen Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Agency (MEPA) banish the vessel from its waters.
Flames were seen coming from cargo containers on the vessel last week, in the area of the vessel where chemical are stowed, and with the ship carrying around 25 tonnes of nitric acid, and the failure to completely extinguish the fire, MEPA has reportedly written to X-Press Feeders to demand the...
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