Ship wreck off SL - implications to CMET?2 Jun 2021 21:48
There is an ongoing epic with a sinking and burnt-out container ship off Sri Lanka called the MV X-Press Pearl. sounds like a complete cluster, as the ship was three months old and has burnt for 13 days. now sinking off Colombo
"A burnt-out container ship that has already caused Sri Lanka's worst maritime environmental disaster was sinking Wednesday with nearly 350 tonnes of oil in its fuel tanks. The MV X-Press Pearl, carrying hundreds of containers of chemicals and plastics, burned for 13 days just outside Colombo's harbour before rescue workers finally extinguished the blaze on Tuesday. Dutch salvage firm SMIT attempted to pull the still-smoking wreckage of the 31,600-tonne vessel into deeper water on Wednesday but the effort stalled."
I don't think it'll affect CMET, unless there is a big polution spill (looking unlikely) but the ministry could well be very distracted from normal business... which could help explain why we're waiting and waiting for the news.