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Sri Lanka Ship Fire Finally Extinguished; S’pore Shipping Firm To Be Sued For Marine Pollution
The fire aboard a Singapore-registered container vessel off Colombo port was finally extinguished on Tuesday (June 1), after causing extensive marine pollution in Sri Lanka’s waters.
With the blaze finally put out after 12 days, the authorities said they were turning their attention to probing the cause of the fire and placing accountability for it.
The X-Press Pearl is operated by the Singapore-based X-Press Feeders. Flying a Singapore flag, the ship was carrying 1,486 containers and had 25 tonnes of nitric acid, other chemicals and cosmetics on board.
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The X-Press Pearl is operated by the Singapore-based X-Press Feeders.PHOTO: AFP
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BANGALORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The Sri Lankan authorities are pursuing charges against the Singapore-based shipping company whose container vessel caught fire near Colombo port on May 21.
Sri Lanka fears acid rain due to blazing X-Press Pearl ship 2 minutes read
Colombo, May 28 (EFE).- Sri Lankan authorities were on Friday battling a possibility of toxic precipitation of acid rain due to the burning of the X-Press Pearl ship that has been on fire since last week and has sparked fears of extensive marine pollution.
The ship, carrying nitric acid and cosmetic chemicals, caught fire off Sri Lankan waters last Thursday.
The Singapore-registered container was heading from India to the Colombo harbor when it caught fire.
Officials said scientists were now conducting water analysis to see if nitrogen oxide secreted from the burning ship had changed the acidic or alkaline concentration of rainwater.