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Mt new diamond oil tanker.
The oil leakage from mt new diamond oil tanker would have not only threatened the coastal areas in close proximity to the spot where the mishap occurred but the crude oil leakage from the oil tanker would have even covered the coastal belt further north of the south eastern region as it would have even gone deeper covering the southern coastal.
The sri lanka navy reported that the situation with the oil tanker mt new diamond was brought under control and the ship was towed more than 35 nautical miles to safer waters.
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Update on mt new diamond oil tanker as at 9 september by sl airforce.
Mt new diamond is a very large crude carrier on 3 september 2020 the ship caught fire off the eastern coast of sri lanka resulting in the death of a filipino crew member after burning intermittently for almost a week the fire was reported to be extinguished by 11 september.
The fire on board mt new diamond which killed one filipino crew member and injured another was extinguished completely on sunday but a new fire broke.
The situation on board the mt new diamond oil tanker as at 0730 hrs today 9 september 2020 shows that the fire and smoke which was clearly visible from the air has subsided.
Oil tanker mt new diamond which caught fire after an explosion has been towed from sri lanka coast to safe waters successfully indian coast guard icg said.
Firefighting crews from sri lanka and india are working to put out a large blaze aboard an oil tanker that has been burning since thursday off the coast of the south asian island nation.
Although the ship had reached a distance of about 20 nautical miles off the coast by 6 00 p m.
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The current position of new diamond is at indian coast coordinates 7 11762 n 82 48306 e reported 27 days ago by ais.
Mepa said there is no oil leak from the crude oil tanker mt new diamond.
The sri lankan navy in a statement said the re ignited fire on board the panama registered tanker mt new diamond carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil has been curbed to an extent.
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9191424 mmsi 351247000 is a crude oil tanker built in 2000 20 years old and currently sailing under the flag of panama.