XPress Feeders公司以全球赔偿责任风险为由,拒绝为2021年的船舶溢漏支付1B斯里兰卡法院命令。 X-Press Feeders refuses to pay $1B Sri Lankan court order for 2021 ship spill, citing global liability risks.

一家设在新加坡的航运公司 " X-Press Feeders " 拒绝向一家斯里兰卡最高法院支付10亿美元的损失赔偿金,因为该公司的船舶 " X-Press Pearl号 " 号于2021年在科伦坡岸外沉没,造成污染。 A Singapore-based shipping company, X-Press Feeders, has refused to pay a Sri Lankan Supreme Court-ordered $1 billion in damages for pollution from the 2021 sinking of its vessel, the MV X-Press Pearl, off Colombo. 该船运载危险材料,包括硝酸和塑料弹丸,由于安全考虑而无法进入卡塔尔和印度的港口,该船起火沉没,污染了长达80公里的海岸线,扰乱了渔业活动。 The ship, carrying hazardous materials including nitric acid and plastic pellets, caught fire and sank after being denied port access in Qatar and India due to safety concerns, contaminating an 80-kilometer stretch of coastline and disrupting fisheries. 该公司在清理和赔偿方面花费了1.7亿美元,认为遵守无限期判决将开创一个危险的先例,破坏既定的海事赔偿责任限额,并有可能增加全球航运费用。 The company, which has spent $170 million on cleanup and compensation, argues that complying with the open-ended judgment would set a dangerous precedent, undermining established maritime liability limits and risking higher global shipping costs. 它坚持认为它愿意在国际法范围内解决,但反对法院今后付款的可能性。 It maintains it is willing to settle within international law but opposes the court’s potential for future payments. 斯里兰卡最高法院已安排了一次关于强制执行的听证会,而法律质疑在伦敦和新加坡仍在继续,因为先前的赔偿责任上限已设上限。 The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on enforcement, while legal challenges continue in London and Singapore, where liability was previously capped. 长期环境影响仍不确定, 船上的俄罗斯船长已被拘留四年多。 The long-term environmental impact remains uncertain, and the ship’s Russian captain has been detained for over four years.