
X-Press Pearl disaster- Ship s agent pays $1 mln out of $1 bln damages to Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan agent of the Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl ship has paid $1 million towards the $1 billion damages for the environmental disaster caused by the vessel, marking the country’s worst pollution incident, according to a litigant’s statement to AFP. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=112864