X-Press Feeders, the former operator of the container ship X-Press Pearl, together with its insurer, has carefully considered the July ruling of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka which mandates an initial payment of USD…
X-Press Feeders, the former operator of the container ship X-Press Pearl, is deeply concerned with the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, which orders an initial payment of USD 1 billion within…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl, welcomes statements by Sri Lanka’s new government that there will be a renewed focus on the clean-up and compensation processes in the aftermath of the…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', are pleased to confirm that the forward section of the wreck has now left Sri Lankan waters aboard the semi-submersible GPO Amethyst en route to…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl,' can confirm that the operation to lift the fore section of the wreck has resumed with the passing of the southwest monsoon season. The Shanghai…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', through the vessel owner’s P&I insurers, have made two further payments to the Sri Lankan government for claims relating to beach clean-up operations.
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', can confirm that salvage works on the wreck have been suspended for the arriving southwest monsoon season. The Shanghai Salvage Companies' onsite team, with tandem…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', are pleased to confirm that the aft section of the wreck has now left Sri Lankan waters aboard the semi-submersible FAN ZHOU 10 en route…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', are pleased to confirm that the aft section of the wreck has been successfully raised from the sea floor and is aboard the semi-submersible FAN…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', can confirm that salvage works on the wreck have re-commenced after the end of the southwest monsoon season. The Shanghai Salvage Company has commenced wreck-cutting…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', can confirm that salvage works on the wreck have been suspended for the arriving southwest monsoon season. The Shanghai Salvage Company has successfully installed all the…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', report that all cargo debris outside the wreck's 1,000-meter safety zone has now been recovered from water depths over 10 meters, including the final two nurdle…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', are relieved to report that three of the remaining four former crewmembers of the vessel have had their travel bans lifted by a Sri Lankan court…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', can confirm that the salvage operation to remove the vessel's wreck will occur in four phases over two seasons, with all onsite operations expected to…
X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', can confirm that work to recover containers and debris lost overboard during the vessel fire, and subsequent sinking continues with over 60 open container loads…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', are pleased to report that a further four former crewmembers of the vessel have had their travel bans lifted by a Sri Lankan court on Friday,…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', signed a contract with the Shanghai Salvage Company (SSC) on Thursday December 2, 2021 for the removal of the wreck.
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', are pleased to report that 11 of its seafarers have been repatriated to their home country after the lifting of a travel ban by the Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', through the vessel owner’s P&I insurers, have made an initial payment of US$3.6 million to the Sri Lankan government to help compensate those affected by the…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', report that caretakers salvors continue to observe a grey sheen emanating from the wreck; however, it has lessened over the last week. They remain onsite on…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', confirm that the wreck is now wholly sitting on the seabed at a depth of 21 meters. Caretakers salvors are onsite on a 24-hour watch to…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', confirm that the vessel's bow and forecastle deck are now submerged, and the forward section of the hull continues to slowly settle to the seabed at…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', confirm that the situation on scene remains under observation with no signs of debris and no confirmed reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', confirm that the situation on scene remains under observation with no signs of debris and no confirmed reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', confirm that the situation on scene remains under observation with no signs of debris and no confirmed reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl', confirm that the situation on scene remains under observation with no signs of debris and no confirmed reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that the situation on scene remains under observation with no signs of debris and no reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that the situation on scene remains under observation with no signs of debris and no reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that the situation on scene remains under observation with no signs of debris and no reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that the situation on scene remains under observation with no signs of debris and no reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that the situation on scene remains the same with no signs of debris and no reports of fuel oil pollution as of 1800 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that the situation on scene remains the same with no signs of debris and no reports of fuel oil pollution as of 0700 Sri…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that the situation on scene remains the same with no signs of debris and no reports of oil pollution as of 1500 Sri Lanka…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that the situation on scene remains the same as late yesterday with no signs of debris and no reports of oil pollution as of…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl confirm that the ships aft portion is sitting on the seabed at a depth of about 21 meters, and the forward section is settling down slowly.…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' regret to report that despite salvors successfully boarding the vessel and attaching a tow wire, efforts to move the ship to deeper waters have failed, and…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' confirm that salvors report no visible flames aboard the vessel, though smoke is still emitting intermittently from cargo holds 1, 2 and 3.
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' confirm that salvors report no visible flames aboard the vessel, though smoke is still issuing from areas in the ship's aft.
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' report that firefighting operations to extinguish the blaze aboard the vessel have further reduced the area affected by flames to small spot fires in the aft…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' report that firefighting operations to extinguish the blaze aboard the vessel have successfully reduced the area affected by flames and contained it to the aft of…
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' can confirm that firefighting operations to extinguish the blaze aboard the vessel have continued through today despite the ongoing adverse weather conditions.
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' (IMO: 9875343) report that efforts to extinguish the fire onboard are ongoing with three firefighting tugs, helicopters and the Sri Lankan Navy and Indian coastguard on…
X-Press Feeders, disponent owners/operators, and managers of the container ship 'X-Press Pearl' (IMO: 9875343), report that all crew members were safely evacuated today from the vessel, after the fire incident onboard the vessel.
Fire/smoke still remains on board the vessel but is currently under control. More firefighting tugs have been deployed and they will continue to fight the fire. The salvage team with fire experts and firefighters are…