Storm warnings up for the next few days make the situation even more serious.
The salvagers have refused to take the responsibility for the breaking up of the ship while being towed to the harbour. We feel that the MPPA is taking the wrong stand, we are not responsible for the accident. The Turkish ship, which had left the Colombo port, developed problems some 17 miles away from the southern coast. On August 23, the ship sank and its crew was rescued by another vessel which heard the distress call. A couple of days later the salvagers reached the vessel and towed the ship to the coast.