COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court granted bail to the ruler of a fire-ravaged container boat on Monday, hours after he had been detained by authorities, officials explained.
Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said researchers detained the leader of the MV X-Press Pearl, that is sinking away from the nation’s capital and resulting in severe environmental contamination.
Rohana explained the captain was billed under the Marine Pollution Prevention Act, which prohibits the usage of petroleum, dangerous compounds and other pollutants from the sea and coastal locations.
Russian captain Tyutkalo Vitaly emerged before the magistrate on Monday and was released on bond.
The court prohibited him from leaving the nation.
The case will likely be heard on July 1.
The fire broke out when the boat was anchored about 9.5 nautical miles (18 km ) northwest of the funding and waiting to go into the nation’s key port.
It burnt off for 12 days.
Even the Sri Lankan navy believes the blaze was due to the boat’s cargo, which comprised 25 plenty of nitric oxide and other compounds, the majority of that was ruined in the fire.
Authorities extinguished the flame , but the boat then started sinking and tries to dip it to deeper waters collapsed when the boat’s stern sank into the seabed.
The boat remains partially submerged in waters approximately 21 meters (70 feet) deep.
On Saturday, the authorities said it’s looking for an equal claim of about $40 million in the boat’s operator to pay a portion of the cost of battling the fire.
Officials are still analyzing the overall damages.