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Sri Lanka says burnt foreign container vessel is sinking


Sri Lanka says burnt foreign container vessel is sinking
Xinhua
02 Jun 2021, 19:05 GMT+10
COLOMBO, June 2 (Xinhua) The Sri Lanka Navy on Wednesday said the burnt X-Press Pearl container ship which caught fire in the outskirts of the Colombo Port had begun to sink and operations were underway to tow it into deeper seas.
Navy Spokesman Captain Indika De Silva said a private salvage team had started to tow the ship into deeper seas as instructed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the fire onboard had now been completely doused.
State Minister of Fisheries Kanchana Wijesekera said the Fisheries Department had suspended fishing from Panadura in the south all the way to Negombo on the west coast with immediate effect as the salvage company had indicated that the vessel was sinking at the current position. ....

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Sri Lanka says burnt foreign container vessel is sinking_GMW.cn


2021-06-02 17:01   By: Xinhua
 
COLOMBO, June 2 (Xinhua) The Sri Lanka Navy on Wednesday said the burnt X-Press Pearl container ship which caught fire in the outskirts of the Colombo Port had begun to sink and operations were underway to tow it into deeper seas.
Navy Spokesman Captain Indika De Silva said a private salvage team had started to tow the ship into deeper seas as instructed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the fire onboard had now been completely doused.
State Minister of Fisheries Kanchana Wijesekera said the Fisheries Department had suspended fishing from Panadura in the south all the way to Negombo on the west coast with immediate effect as the salvage company had indicated that the vessel was sinking at the current position. ....

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