News / X-Press Pearl owner apologises for environmental and economic damage

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Shmuel Yoskovitz, CEO of X-Press Feeders, owner of the stricken containership X-Press Pearl, has apologised for the environmental and economic damage caused by the fire onboard, which raged for 13 days.

Shipments of plastic pellets, called nurdles and used in the manufacture of goods, were among the cargo onboard and washed up on the beach in large quantities.

The pellets are difficult to collect, easily carried by the tide and attract toxins from the water, concentrating them in the plastic. They can cause ...