A Sri Lankan Navy watercraft sprays water on the New Diamond, a large unrefined provider (VLCC) hired by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), that was lugging the matching of concerning 2 million barrels of oil, after a fire burst out off eastern shore of Sri Lanka September 6, 2020. Sri Lankan Airforce media/Handout through REUTERS

The fire onboard the vessel New Diamond lugging 2 million barrels of oil has actually been produced, the Sri Lankan Navy has actually verified Saturday.

The Panama- flagged New Diamond sent out a call for help on the early morning of September 3 complying with a surge as well as fire generally engine space as it was in progress concerning 38 maritime miles off the eastern shore of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Navy reported.

The vessel is lugging 270,000 statistics lots of petroleum from Mina Al Ahmadi, Kuwait to Paradip, India, the Navy reported. There were likewise 1,700 statistics lots of gasoline aboard.

The Sri Lankan Navy has actually currently verified that the fire was brought in control Saturday night, concerning 79 hrs after it was initially reported.

The business proprietor of the New Diamond, New Shipping Limited of Athens, Greece, has actually selected SMIT Singapore for the salvage work, the navy claimed.

One of the New Diamonds 23 team participants is missing out on as well as assumed dead.

The New Diamond is hired byIndian Oil Corp The vessel was constructed in 2000 as well as has a deadweight of 299,986 tonnes.

The Navy has actually reported no oil has actually dripped from the ship.

A salvage group is anticipated to board the ship for an evaluation.

The Navy declaration included:

“Although the fire has now been completely doused, there is a possibility of a recurrence of the fire due to the high temperature inside the ship and environmental influences. Therefore, Sri Lanka Navy is on high alert and is ready for any emergency. Meanwhile, a team of 10 British and Netherlands experts, including salvage operations experts, assessors and a legal adviser arrived in Sri Lanka this morning under the facilitation of the company that works as the commercial and technical operator of MT New Diamond. The team of experts will make an assessment of the damage caused to the ship. Accordingly, the proceedings regarding the ship will be decided on their recommendations.”