New Diamond Oil Tanker Sri Lanka

The sri lanka navy said the fire onboard mt new diamond has been successfully contained into a greater extent and it lies about 35 nautical miles at 5 30 a m.

New diamond oil tanker sri lanka.

3 2020 off sangamankanda point sri lanka. The mt new diamond crude oil tanker was transporting 270 000 metric tons of crude oil from the port of meena al ahmadi in kuwait to the port of paradip in india when a fire broke out aboard in the eastern seas of sri lanka at around 8 am on thursday 03rd september. 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. The indian coast guard sri lanka navy and commercial divers yesterday conducted a joint underwater inspection of the mt new diamond oil tanker for sealing underwater openings if any.

Blaze breaks out again on oil tanker off sri lanka cargo area intact. Fire at new diamond oil tanker successfully contained no oil spill so far sri lanka navy sat sep 5 2020 11 11 am sl time colombopage news desk sri lanka. 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 new diamond a very large crude carrier vlcc chartered by indian oil corp ioc that was carrying the equivalent.

The mt new diamond is carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil and sri lankan officials have warned of possible massive environmental damage to sri lanka s coast if the ship leaks or explodes. Four tugboats three sri lankan navy ships and four indian ships have been battling the fire the mt new diamond since thursday.