The Russian grasp of the fire-ravaged 2,700 teu X-Press Pearl was arrested yesterday and granted bail later within the day.
Sri Lanka is in search of $40m in damages from ship operator, X-Press Feeders, over final month’s fireplace which has created one of many worst ecological disasters within the nation’s historical past with poisonous substances washing up on the island’s west coast.
Vitaly Tyutkalo, the captain of the Singapore-registered ship, appeared in Colombo’s Excessive Courtroom yesterday.
“No formal prices had been laid, however he was produced earlier than courtroom on suspicion that he has dedicated an offence below the Marine Air pollution Prevention Act,” a police official stated.
A subsequent courtroom case is scheduled for July 1.