Singapore s X-Press Feeders has hit back at the Sri Lankan Supreme Court s order to pay $1bn within a year over the 2021 X-Press Pearl casualty, warning the decision tramples on due process, scapegoats its crew, and poses a dangerous precedent for global shipping.
Singapore's X-Press Feeders has hit back at the Sri Lankan Supreme Court's order to pay $1bn within a year over the 2021 X-Press Pearl casualty, warning the decision tramples on due process, scapegoats its crew, and poses a dangerous precedent for global shipping.
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Organisations- Supreme Court of Sri Lanka2
- X-Press Feeders2
- Marine Environment Protection Authority
- Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt Ltd
- Killiney Shipping Pte Ltd
- Sea Consortium Pte Ltd
- EOS Shipping Pte Ltd
- Pearl
Places- Sri Lanka2
- Singapore
- Colombo
- India
- Qatar
Keywords- responds
- billion
- verdict
- shores
- fires
- order
- owner
- back
- fine
- sank
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