17-May-2023

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 lifting, barges ZR122 and ZR123, have now demobilised, having put in place caretaking arrangements at the site to monitor the situation during the monsoonal months. 

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The Shanghai Salvage Company had successfully removed the aft section of the wreck in January, transporting it aboard the semi-submersible FAN ZHOU 10 out of Sri Lankan waters but were not able to raise and remove the fore section before the start of the monsoon season.

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Salvage works on the wreck will recommence after the end of the southwest monsoon season, with plans to lift the remaining fore section and transport it to a certified decommissioning facility for dismantling, recycling, and disposal.