News / Insurers brace as X-Press Pearl blaze costs soar after environmental damage

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The owner of the nitric acid cargo that leaked on the X-Press Pearl “should have known better” and should have packaged the cargo more securely, according to nn industry expert.

The source, who did not want to be named, said the cargo was correctly declared but not properly packed, resulting in a leak, which is thought to have interacted with other cargo, leading to a fire and the total loss of a three-month old vessel, with untold consequences for the local ...