News / Local agent deleted X-Press Pearl captain’s vital email, court told

The voyage data recorder of the burned-out X-Press Pearl containership has been recovered and will form part of an investigation into how much was known about the chemical leak on the vessel.

According to information provided to the court yesterday, emails from the captain to X-Press Feeders’ local agent Sea Consortium had been deleted by the agency.

In court yesterday deputy solicitor general Madhava Tennakoon said the captain had informed Sea Consortium of the nitric acid leak via email, but the local ...