New Diamond Oil Tanker 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.

New diamond oil tanker sri lanka.

The tanker carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil was. 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. Four tugboats three sri lankan navy ships and four indian ships have been battling the fire the mt new diamond since thursday. 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.

In this photo provided by sri lanka navy an injured crew member of the mt new diamond is transferred on stretcher to a navy vessel thursday sept. 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. 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 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. 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.