Sri Lankan authorities have released four of the eight seafarers from the ill-fated container ship X-Press Pearl that they have been holding since the vessel caught fire and sank off Colombo in May.
Singapore-based X-Press Feeders, operator of the 2,743-teu X-Press Pearl (built 2021), said a Sri Lankan court lifted the travel ban on the four former crew members last Friday, and arrangements are being made for their immediate repatriation.
