International experts off to Sri Lanka oil spill

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 05, 2021 12:05 am

COLOMBO: Foreign experts have been deployed to help Sri Lanka contain a potential oil leak from a burnt-out container ship partially sunk off Colombo, the ship's operator said Friday.

Representatives from the International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation and Oil Spill Response were onshore monitoring the MV X-Press Pearl, X-Press Feeders said.

MARITIME DISASTER An Indian Coast Guard ship (left) approaches near the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl that partially sank after burning for almost two weeks, just outside Colombo’s harbor on June 4, 2021. AFP PHOTO

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