On this episode of Maritime Industry Today, 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 fire that continues on board MV X-Press Pearl and the decision by Qatar and India to not allow the vessel to dock. The situation has now resulted in the vessel being consumed by fire, safely abandoned by her crew, but a looming environmental disaster for Sri Lanka. X-Press Pearl Looking Worse for Wear as Fire Continues to Burn https://gcaptain.com/x-press-pearl-looking-worse-for-wear-as-fire-continues-to-burn/ X-Press Pearl was denied entry in India and Qatar before catching fire off Colombo https://splash247.com/x-press-pearl-was-denied-entry-in-india-and-qatar-before-catching-fire-off-colombo/ Learn from the past: Prestige sinking, one of the worst oil spills in Europe https://safety4sea.com/cm-learn-from-the-past-prestige-sinking-one-of-the-worst-oil-spills-in-europe/ Fire destroys MV X-Press Pearl https://colombogazette.com/2021/05/26/fire-destroys-mv-x-press-pearl/ Nitric Acid https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/nitric-acid Sri Lanka prepares to face major oil spill from MV X-Press Pearl https://colombogazette.com/2021/05/26/sri-lanka-prepares-to-face-major-oil-spill-from-mv-x-press-pearl/