On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, Sal Mercogliano - Associate Professor of History at Campbell University (www.campbell.edu), former merchant mariner, and adjunct professor of Maritime Industry Policy at US Merchant Marine Academy (www.usmma.edu) - discusses the disaster that has befallen Sri Lanka with the sinking of MV X-Press Pearl off the port of Colombo. Sri Lanka Fisherman Count Cost of X-Press Pearl Sinking https://gcaptain.com/sri-lanka-fisherman-count-cost-of-x-press-pearl-sinking/ X-Press Pearl gCaptain Archives https://gcaptain.com/tag/x-press-pearl-fire/ Sinking of stricken Sri Lanka cargo ship heightens fears of oil spill emergency https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/02/asia/sri-lanka-ship-sinking-intl-hnk/index.html Sri Lanka Faces An Environmental Disaster As A Ship Full Of Chemicals Starts Sinking https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002484499/sri-lanka-faces-environmental-disaster-as-ship-full-of-chemicals-starts-sinking X-Press Pearl is sinking off Sri Lanka https://container-news.com/x-press-pearl-is-sinking-off-sri-lanka/ TT Club stresses importance of hazardous cargo’s safe movement after X-Press Pearl disaster https://container-news.com/tt-club-stresses-importance-of-hazardous-cargos-safe-movement-after-x-press-pearl-disaster/ X-Press Pearl fire highlights duty of care required in shipping hazardous cargoes https://www.ttclub.com/news-and-resources/news/press-releases/2021/x-press-pearl-fire-highlights-duty-of-care-required-in-shipping-hazardous-cargoes/ Review of Maritime Transport 2020 https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/rmt2020_en.pdf Photos: The Worst Containership Disasters in Recent History https://gcaptain.com/the-worst-containership-disasters-in-recent-history-in-photos/ Marine Traffic: X-Press Pearl https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:6450863/zoom:10