A Greek cargo ship is in trouble after it caused an oil spill in Sri Lankan waters last year. The vessel in question, the New Diamond, was on its way to India from Kuwait. The ship had 270,000 tonnes of crude oil onboard when it caught fire while transiting along the east coast of Sri Lanka. The incident happened in September last year.
While the cargo wasn’t affected by the fire but the tanker fueled leaked out causing an oil spill in the area. The ship was up in flames as the engine room...
The Sri Lankan high court ordered the Greek captain of MT New Diamond vessel, which carried crude oil to India from Kuwait and caught fire off the country’s eastern Ampara coast, to pay a fine of $64,972 after he pleaded guilty to a marine environment pollution charge on Wednesday.
The Panamanian flagged tanker was carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude and 1,700 tonnes of diesel from Kuwait to India. A fire broke out when the carrier was in the eastern seas of Sri Lanka on 3rd September 2020 at...
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Sri Lanka on Thursday indicted the Greek captain of an oil tanker, which carried crude oil to Paradip port in India from the port of Mina Al Ahmadi in Kuwait and caught fire in the eastern seas of Sri Lanka, for causing an oil spill.
The Panamanian flagged tanker was carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude and 1,700 tonnes of diesel from Kuwait to India. A fire broke out when the carrier was in the eastern seas of Sri Lanka on 3rd September 2020 at around 8:00 AM. The fire started because of an...
Sri Lanka, on October 8, indicted the Greek skipper of a fire-damaged...
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Three Indian Coast Guard ships are escorting damaged crude tanker MT New Diamond, as it is being towed off from the Sri Lankan Coast to the Fujairah Port in the United Arab Emirates.
The tanker which that rendered immobile or ‘dead within the water’, after a severe blaze in the engine room is now being towed by a team of salvors that have been arranged by the vessel’s owners.
MT New Diamond is a 20-year old Crude oil tanker that is 333 meters long and 60 meters wide, it was under charter by the...
The Coordinating Officer to the Attorney General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, said the Marine Environment Protection Authority had informed the Attorney General Dapula de Livera and other relevant authorities that approval permitting the MT New Diamond to leave Sri Lankan waters will only be granted after the negotiations are completed regarding oil pollution damage.
MEPA Chairperson Darshani Lahandapura confirmed that permission was not given to tow-away the crude oil tanker, MT New...
Colombo Chief Magistrate has imposed a travel ban on the Captain of the oil tanker ‘MT New Diamond’, reports adaderana.
The Captain had been issued notices to appear before the court and according he arrived at the court on the 28th.
Travel ban for the captainColombo Chief Magistrate Mohamed Mihar rejected the request of the Attorney General to remand the Captain of the tanker when the case was taken up.
Instead, the Chief Magistrate ordered the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration to...
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The stricken crude oil tanker, MT New Diamond, which caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka, is being towed to Vadinar, Gujarat where the crude oil will be pumped out at the offshore oil terminal of the Kandla Port Trust. Meanwhile, the Captain of the ship was brought before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court at Hulftsdorp.
On September 17, a notice had been issued by the Colombo Additional Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage for the Greek Captain to appear before the court on 28 September considering a...