A crew member evacuated off the X-Press Feeders' containership ablaze off the coast of Sri Lanka has tested positive for Covid-19.
In an situation update released on Thursday, the Singapore-based feeder containership operator said that the seafarer rescued from the burning 2,743-teu X-Press Pearl (built 2021) tested positive upon arrival in Colombo.
He has been transferred to a special facility in a military hospital for further treatment.
