Sri Lanka’s top court orders $1bn payout over X-Press Pearl disaster
2025-07-28 10:28

Sri Lanka’s top court orders $1bn payout over X-Press Pearl disaster

by John Kuiyaki
Sri Lanka’s top court orders $1bn payout over X-Press Pearl disaster

"Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ordered the owners and operators of the X-Press Pearl container vessel to pay $1bn in compensation for the devastating environmental and economic damage caused when the ship caught fire and sank off Colombo in 2021." See the original story at Splash247.

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