X-Press Feeders controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
US$1 billion Sri Lankan compensation order
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ordered X-Press Feeders and its local agent, Sea Consortium Lanka Pvt Ltd, to pay US$1 billion to the Government of Sri Lanka for environmental and economic damage related to the X-Press Pearl incident.
2021
X-Press Pearl maritime disaster
The X-Press Pearl caught fire while anchored off Colombo on 20 May 2021 and later sank. Debris and flotsam caused environmental damage along the Sri Lankan coast, prompting criminal investigations and extensive compensation claims.