Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) notifies of its acknowledgement of misinformation about the SLPA on various social media outlets regarding the fire that broke out on MV X-Press Pearl TEU vessel off the Port of Colombo.
MV X-Press Pearl was considered a vessel to call at the Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) of the Port of Colombo scheduled to be operated at the CICT.
The crew onboard the vessel through radio on 19th May 2021, had informed the SLPA controls that the vessel would...