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Sri Lanka court orders US$1 billion damages over X-Press Pearl disaster
Owners and operators of the X-Press Pearl have been ordered to pay US$1 billion in compensation for what Sri Lanka calls its worst-ever marine environmental disaster. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ordered owners and operators of the MV X-Press Pearl to pay US$1 billion in damages for what it described as the worst maritime disaster…