Plenty of fish but no catch as Sri Lanka economic crisis bites
(AFP)-The sky and seas off Sri Lanka’s coast are crystal blue but a worsening economic crisis has kept fishermen mooredContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka chemical ship wreck to be salvaged: operators
(AFP)- The wreck of a chemical ship that caught fire off the Sri Lankan coast and caused environmental carnage will beContinue Reading
India counters China in Sri Lanka with $700 million port deal
Colombo (AFP) An Indian company entered into a $700 million deal Thursday to build a strategic deep-sea container terminal inContinue Reading
Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British navy says the hijackers who boarded a vessel off the coast ofContinue Reading
‘Potential hijack’ under way off UAE coast -UK maritime trade agency
The UK has reported a “potential hijack” of a ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates as aContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s marine disaster worsens as environmental toll rises
Damage to Sri Lanka’s marine environment from a sinking chemical ship is worse than feared, officials said Friday, as moreContinue Reading
UN office says Sri Lanka ship fire causes significant damage
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The U.N. representative in Sri Lanka said the sinking of a container ship that caughtContinue Reading
Fire-ravaged ship sinks, prompting Sri Lankan pollution fear
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A container ship carrying chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday nearly a monthContinue Reading
Sri Lanka : Dolphins, turtles killed by fire-ravaged ship
Dozens of turtles and dolphins were killed by intense heat and chemical poisoning from a container ship that burned forContinue Reading
Sri Lanka arrests Russian captain over ship fire pollution
The Russian skipper of a container ship that caught fire and burned for almost two weeks before sinking off SriContinue Reading
