Despite the week-long, successful firefighting effort by the Indian Coast Guard and Sri Lankan tugs, Container ship MV X-Press Pearl has sunk partially. Salvors (technical persons engaged in retrieving a ship) had boarded the mangled and burnt vessel on Tuesday for inspection and assessment.

No oil spill, but Container Ship MV X-Press Pearl partially sunk, says ICG

Ship with chemicals & plastics onboard sinks off Sri Lanka

Efforts of Indian Coast guard (ICG) vessels and Sri Lankan tugs over the last six days (since May 25th) have restricted the fire on container ship MV X-Press Pearl to a small portion in the ship’s rear.

Colombo ship fire: Blaze restricted to small area, smoke density reduced; no oil spill

The Indian Coast Guard on Wednesday said that two of its offshore patrol vessels Vaibhav and Vajra are fighting the intense fire on-board the container ship MV X-Press Pearl which is currently ablaze off the coast of Colombo.

Colombo ship fire: No oil spill reported so far with intense firefighting underway, says ICG