Ship s crew confirmed that a filipino seaman on board had died in a boiler get the latest breaking news and top stories.
New diamond oil tanker news.
Although the ship had reached a distance of about 20 nautical miles off the coast by 6 00 p m.
Four tugboats three sri lankan navy ships and four indian ships have been battling the fire the mt new diamond since thursday.
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.
Mepa said there is no oil leak from the crude oil tanker mt new diamond.
The vessel new diamond imo.
On friday 04 the tugboat alp winger had begun to take the ship to the.
On 03rd september 2020.
The vessel s deadweight tonnage dwt is 2 99 986 t length is 333 metres and width is 60 metres.
9191424 mmsi 351247000 is a crude oil tanker built in 2000 20 years old and currently sailing under the flag of panama.
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.
The sri lanka navy sri lanka air force sri lanka ports authority the indian navy and the indian coast guard are currently working together to control the fire that erupted after an explosion of a boiler in the main engine room of mt new diamond an oil tanker sailing 38 nautical miles off sangamankanda point east of sri lankan seas around 8 00 a m.
The oil tanker was expected to reach paradip in odisha on september 5 where ioc has a large refinery.
The coast guard on thursday said the sri lankan navy had sought assistance to fight the fire and explosion on board new diamond.
The current position of new diamond is at indian coast coordinates 7 11762 n 82 48306 e reported 27 days ago by ais.
New diamond oil tanker no leakages found say indian coast guard 15 sep 2020 hitsctrl values hits the ship s hull was intact and reported to be stable.