Singapore shipowner slams US$1 billion damages award after Sri Lanka marine disaster
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COLOMBO: Owners of a Singapore-registered vessel urged Colombo on Friday (Aug 15) to consider more "rational" compensation after they were ordered to pay US$1 billion in damages for causing Sri Lanka's worst case of environmental pollution. Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ordered X-Press Feeders in July to pay the damages within a year for causing marine pollution when its vessel caught fire in 2021. The Supreme Court also ordered criminal charges against the skipper and local agents of the MV X-
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