Sri Lanka Navy Archives - Baird Maritime

June 29, 2021

Indian Navy ship to assist in surveys of Colombo harbour following X-Press Pearl fire

Written by Baird Maritime on June 29, 2021. Posted in Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Subsea Surveying.

The Indian Navy has deployed the hydrographic survey vessel INS Sarvekshak to Colombo in Sri Lanka to help assess the condition of the seabed in the capital city’s ..

January 26, 2021

Bulk carrier runs aground in southern Sri Lanka

Written by Baird Maritime on January 26, 2021. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Salvage Operations, Ships (Naval).

A bulk carrier with a cargo of cement clinker ran aground in the Kuda Ravana Kotuwa reef in southern Sri Lanka on Saturday, January 23. The Liberian-flagged Eurosun had e ..

May 26, 2021

Explosion rocks burning boxship in Sri Lankan capital; crew safely evacuated

Written by Baird Maritime on May 26, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue, Ships (Naval).

An anchored containership that had been burning for six straight days off Sri Lanka’s capital of Colombo suffered an onboard explosion as firefighting efforts and c ..

May 24, 2021

Firefighting effort reaches fourth day on anchored boxship in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Written by Baird Maritime on May 24, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Firefighting, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Ships (Naval).

Singapore-based shipowner X-Press Feeders has confirmed that a fire ignited in an onboard container carried by one of its vessels anchored in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thurs ..