News / Salvage team prepares to remove wreck of X-Press Pearl

08/12/2021

Shanghai Salvage Company (SCC) has been signed to remove the burned-out wreck of the X-Press Pearl.

Cargo on the box ship caught fire in May off the coast of Sri Lanka, and the blaze spread through the vessel which eventually sank in shallow water. The ship now ...

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