18-Jan-2024

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 a certified decommissioning facility in Indonesia for dismantling, recycling, and disposal. 

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The Shanghai Salvage Company (SSC) completed the raising of the forward section with lifting barges Zhong Sheng 166 and Han Hang Da Jian on December 22, 2023, and positioned the wreckage on the deck of the waiting semi-submersible, GPO Amethyst, on December 24. 

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SSC then undertook lightening works to ensure the stability of the load for transport and applied for approval for the GPO Amethyst with the forward section wreck to depart Sri Lanka. Once the authorities had given clearance, the GPO Amethyst left Sri Lankan waters on January 10 2024, bound for Indonesia.