X-Press Pearl

X-Press Pearl was a Singaporean -class container ship. The ship was built in 2021 and was around  long. It was operated by X-Press Feeders. 

On 20 May 2021, X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka. After burning for two weeks, the ship sank on 2 June as it was being towed away to deeper waters. The incident was the worst marine ecological disaster in Sri Lankan history as it spilled nitric acid and oil into the Indian Ocean.

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Category:2021 fires in Asia
Category:2020s in Sri Lanka

Category:Indian Ocean
Category:June 2021 events
Category:Maritime disasters
Category:Transport disasters in Asia