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The Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl carrying hundreds of containers of chemicals and plastics, as its towed away from the coast of Colombo in June 2021 © ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP/File
Sri Lanka

Singapore firm rejects $1bn Sri Lankan pollution damages

A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that...

Sri Lanka

Owners of X-Press Pearl condemns Sri Lanka Supreme Court’s ruling

Containership owner X-Press Feeders said it is “deeply concerned” with a judgment from the Sri Lankan supreme court, which has ordered the owners...