MV Wakashio disaster

Better regulation needed to prevent marine disasters

Better regulation needed to prevent marine disasters

June 29, 2021

After two weeks of on-board fire, the Singapore-registered container ship X-Press Pearl split into two earlier this month and sank just off the coast of Sri Lanka, while the other half followed suit soon afterwards. The cargo ship was carrying 1,486 containers, including 23 tonne...

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