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All cargo debris outside the 1,000-metre safety zone of the X-Press Pearl wreckage has been recovered from water depths over 10 metres.
X-Press Feeders, the ship owner, released a statement this month, detailing an update on the recovery works.
Due to the monsoon season, salvage work on the newly built 2,756 TEU X-Press Pearl, which went up in flames off Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 20 May 2021, will be suspended in April before resuming in November.
Resolve Marine, which was contracted to recover the...
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The salvage of X-Press Pearl is expected to be completed in April 2023, after the first of four phases have been almost completed.
Almost all containers have been recovered by Shanghai Salvage, said the ship owner, Singapore-based X-Press Feeders.
Due to the monsoon season, salvage work on the newly built 2,756 TEU ship, which went up in flames off Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 20 May 2021, will be suspended in April before resuming in November.
This month, X-Press Feeders also contracted NARA (National...
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The insurers of Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl ship have agreed to pay an additional $2.5 million in a few days as compensation for the massive ecological damage caused. The information was shared by Dharshani Lahandapura who is the chair of the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA).
She added that the sum is paid to cover expenses that were incurred by the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) and Marine Environment Protection Authority from 3 June up...
Sri Lankan travel authorities have lifted the travel bans for four of the eight X-Press Pearl crew members who were detained after the ship went up in flames on 20 May.
The 25 seafarers on the ship were evacuated when the incident happened, but eight of the men were detained to assist investigations.
The vessel owner, X-Press Feeders said that arrangements are currently being made for the crewmen’s immediate repatriation to their families.
“We continue to work with the Sri Lankan authorities...
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X-Press Feeders has contracted Chinese state-owned salvage company Shanghai Salvage to recover the wreckage of the X-Press Pearl, which was destroyed in a fire off Sri Lanka, as the company faces a second compensation claim from the Indian Ocean nation.
The newly built 2,756TEU X-Press Pearl, which Singapore-based X-Press Feeders assigned to a Straits-Middle East service caught fire on 20 May, shortly after arriving at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The fire is believed to have been caused by chemical...
Shanghai Salvage Company (SCC) has been signed to remove the burned-out wreck of the X-Press Pearl.
Cargo on the box ship caught fire in May off the coast of Sri Lanka, and the blaze spread through the vessel which eventually sank in shallow water. The ship now sits on the seabed with its superstructure above the waterline.
SCC has established a salvage team and has started to assemble the necessary equipment for the …
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Sri Lanka kick-started a drive to retrieve debris and freight containers resting on the ocean bed after the disaster concerning X-Press Pearl earlier in May 2021. Darshani Lahandapura, the Chairperson of the Marine Environment Protection Authority, reportedly informed News 1st that the vessel custodian is continuing with salvage operations.
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On 20 May, Singapore-flagged vessel, ‘X-Press Pearl’ reported smoke coming out of the cargo when it was...
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When X-Press Pearl, a huge container ship, caught on fire and eventually sank in May 2021, Sri Lanka was petrified thinking that the vessel’s 350 tonnes of heavy fuel oil would leak into the Indian Ocean, resulting in an ecological disaster impacting the country’s fishing industry and coral reefs.
Classified by the UN as the “worst maritime disaster” of the country, the massive impact was not introduced by chemicals that were on board or heavy fuel oil. The most impactful and extensive damage,...
Australia has provided marine oil spill response support to Sri Lanka following the sinking of the Singapore-flagged MV X-Press Pearl container ship off the coast of Colombo last June.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority supplied more than three tonnes of spill response equipment to Sri Lanka, which was recently delivered through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
AMSA provided the equipment to Sri Lanka as part of a two-phase program that will enable the nation to prepare...