INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Maritime Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) has reported that 26 ships polluted Sri Lankan waters in the past year, based on data
Singapore-registered vessel, sank near Colombo Port after catching fire in May 2021
Both incidents caused severe and long-lasting harm to marine life and coastal areas.In response to these environmental disasters, MEPA, with
support from a French company, launched a pilot project to assess fuel spills in Sri Lankan waters using satellite technology
The findings from this initiative confirmed that 26 ships entering Sri Lankan waters over the past year have contributed to ocean
stakeholders, they were surprised by the results because probably did not expect to see so many pollutions in the national waters
In total 115 pollutions have taken place in 12 months, which means that on a rate, each time we are acquiring an image, we have more than
than 6 million litres of pollutants released to the Sri Lankan waters
by the incidents of the X-Press Pearl in 2021 was 350,000 litres
For this project, we were able to do so in 26 cases
