The Master of the X-Press Pearl has been arrested by the Sri Lankan police as clean-up operations from the sunken containership continue.

The X-Press Pearl disaster has again underscored the severe dangers posed by containership cargo fires.

The aft section of the heavily fire damaged X-Press Pearl has sunk to the seabed at 21 metres while the forward section is also sinking.

Salvors are struggling to attach a tow to the burnt-out hull of the X-Press Pearl, and have concerns over stability of the stricken vessel off Sri Lanka.

As salvors report no visible flames on fire-ravaged X-Press Pearl, local police have launched a criminal investigation into the fire.

The fire onboard the boxship X-Press Pearl off Sri Lanka has been reduced and salvors have confirmed the hull of the vessel is intact.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has declared General Average for cargo onboard the containership Delphinus which suffered an engine fire on 14 May.

The latest images of the X-Press Pearl show the ship blackened and still burning, its containers buckled and twisted by fire.

The Director General of the Panamanian Merchant Marine, Rafael Cigarruista, visited the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Admiral Osama Rabie, to learn about the current situation of the Ever Given.