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Fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast where a fire was reported inside the engine room. - India on September 8 sent fresh supplies of firefighting chemicals to help battle a new blaze on a stricken tanker loaded with a massive cargo of crude oil off Sri Lankas eastern coast. (AFP)

Kilometre-long oil slick left by burning oil tanker off Sri Lanka

Firefighters are battling a new blaze that broke out two days after an earlier fire was extinguished, the navy said

9 Sept 2020 10:21 AM IST

Tug boats and ships battle the fire on MT New Diamond, off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. The fire on the large oil tanker off Sri Lankas coast has been brought under control but is still not extinguished, the navy said Saturday. The tanker, carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil, was drifting about 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) from Sri Lankas eastern coast and on Friday evening a tug boat towed it to the deep sea away from land, said navy spokesman Capt. Indika de Silva. (AP)

Experts join efforts to salvage burning tanker off Sri Lanka

With engines shut down, the tanker carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil drifted about 20 nautical miles from...

6 Sept 2020 9:58 AM IST

INS Visakhapatnam.

Indian Navy helps oil tanker on fire in Gulf of Aden

The tanker had come under attack from an anti-ship ballistic missile launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen-controlled...

28 Jan 2024 1:01 AM IST