X-Press Pearl salvage continues as study shows toxic effects of disaster

Mongabay
Feb 8, 2023, 6:11 pm183 pts
COLOMBO — The Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl was a brand-new container ship, only three months after being commissioned, when a fire erupted and began sinking off Sri Lanka’s western coast on May 20, 2021. The vessel, laden with 25 metric tons of nitric acid, lay in the dark seabed about 20 meters (66…

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