VLCC Tanker Fire

VLCC Tanker Fire Extinguished, No New Reignition

  • The fire on the VLCC tanker ‘New Diamond’ is under control or extinguished.
  • The is no new reignition and the tanker is under tow in seaward direction.
  • The initial fire began in an engine room boiler but did not spread to cargo.
  • The initial fire killed one Filipino crew member and injured another, while 21 other crew members escaped uninjured.

VLCC tanker ‘New Diamond’ no flames, no smoke, writes Mikhail Voytenko for the Maritime Bulletin.  Officials, earlier warn of enormous environmental...

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VLCC Tanker Fire Put Off Amid Spill Fears

  • A fire on a large oil tanker drifting off Sri Lanka’s coast was extinguished on Sunday after burning for three days.
  • Four tug boats, three Sri Lankan navy ships and four Indian ships have been battling the fire on the MT New Diamond since Thursday.
  • Two more Indian ships joined the effort Saturday evening.
  • The tanker, carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil, was drifting about 20 nautical miles from Sri Lanka’s eastern coast.
  • The fire killed one crew member and injured another. Both are...

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VLCC With 2 Million Oil Barrels Catch Fire,1 Dead

  • A new fire broke out on a supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of oil in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Sri Lanka.
  • One seafarer died in the explosion, while 22 of the 23 crew onboard rescued.
  • Flames had spread to the New Diamond’s bridge, but there was no damage to the cargo area.
  • One Philippine national was injured and another was missing following the fire.
  • Two Russian anti-submarine ships and four Indian ships were assisting in the operation.

Blaze breaks out again on oil...

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