- Sri Lanka braces itself for a possible oil spill from a sunken Singapore-registered container ship.
- The vessel operator’s chief executive expressed ‘deep regrets and apologies’ for the impact that the incident has caused on livelihoods and the environment.
- The container ship X-Press Pearl was carrying 1,486 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, when it caught fire on May 20 off the west coast of Sri Lanka.
- It burned for 13 days before the blaze was finally put out on Tuesday.
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