New Diamond Oil Tanker On Fire

Fire on oil tanker off sri lankan coast extinguished the new diamond carrying over 270 000 tonnes of crude and diesel was en route from kuwait to paradip portwhen it issued a distress call on.

New diamond oil tanker on fire.

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. The fire on board oil tanker mt new diamond has been successfully contained with india s help the sri lankan navy said today adding that the ship has been towed to the deep sea away from land. The new diamond a very large crude carrier vlcc chartered by indian oil corp ioc that was carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil is seen after a fire broke out off east. Fire reignited on board mt new diamond the sri lanka navy said just a day after reporting that it has managed to douse the fire completely on monday september 7.

The intense residual heat in the aft section engine room and superstructure of the vlcc was reportedly enough to rekindle the fire. The fire on a large oil tanker off sri lanka s coast has been brought under control but is still not extinguished. The appreciation extended by president gotabaya rajapaksa to the sri lanka navy the indian navy and sri lanka air force fire fighters who had engaged in the task of dousing the fire that erupted on the oil tanker mt new diamond had highlighted to what extent the inferno had posed a threat to the marine biodiversity in the eastern coastal area of sri lanka. 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.