Indian Navy on Monday stated re-ignition of the fireplace was noticed on the starboard facet of the oil tanker MT New Diamond. Taking to micro-blogging website Twitter, the Indian Navy stated that fire-fighting and boundary cooling efforts had been intensified to carry the fireplace below management.
“Re-ignition of fireside noticed on Starboard (Proper) facet of MT New Diamond. Hearth-fighting & boundary cooling efforts intensified to carry hearth below management. Salvage Group has arrived on the scene. Further property, salvage personnel & FF tools additionally enroute,” the Indian Navy stated in a tweet.
The hearth onboard oil tanker MT New Diamond off Sri Lanka coast has been doused, the Indian Coast Guard had stated on September 6 (Sunday), including that cooling of the ship was in progress. The ICG had been engaged in hearth combating and air pollution response operation for MT New Diamond since September three.
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Re-ignition of fireside noticed on Starboard (Proper) facet of #MTNewDiamond.
Hearth-fighting & boundary cooling efforts intensified to carry hearth below management.
Salvage Group has arrived at scene. Further property, salvage personnel & FF tools additionally enroute.@SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/NhOoUOLy2C— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) September 7, 2020
Motor Tanker (MT) New Diamond caught hearth after a significant explosion in its engine room on September three when it was transiting in Sri Lankan unique financial zone. The massive 333-metre lengthy crude provider is carrying over three lakh metric tons of crude oil for the Indian Oil Company from Kuwait to Paradip.
On September 6, the MT New Diamond oil tanker was being held in place 42 miles by tug from the Sri Lankan Coast. This was carried out to forestall the drifting of the vessel in direction of the shore and to facilitate fire-fighting operations with logistical ease. Six vessels from the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), their embarked helicopters, two Dornier plane and one warship of the Indian Navy had been on location to undertake this mammoth effort.
No oil spill has been thus far reported and the fireplace is localised. Response ship Samudra Paheredar was additionally on the scene of the incident on Sunday afternoon and joined the fireplace combating operation. The ship is supplied with Ocean Increase, four Oil Skimmers and Oil Spill Dispersant to deal with air pollution response in occasion of an oil slick.
ICG Ships Sujay, Shaurya, Sarang and Air pollution Response Vessel Samudra Paheredar are repeatedly engaged in hearth combating operation on rotation utilizing specialised exterior hearth combating methods. ICG Quick Patrol vessels Ameya and Abheek embarked with aqueous movie forming foam focus (AFFF), Dry Chemical Powder and Oil Spill Dispersants are in shut neighborhood to render help as required.
Apart from this, Sri Lankan Ships Samudra, Udara, SLCGS Samaraksha, SLCGS Samudra Raksha, SLN FACs P 462 and 464 alongwith INS Sahyadri are within the space.
This very massive crude carrier- MT New Diamond is a Greek-owned vessel, below constitution by Indian Oil Cooperation. The vessel has been ablaze following a significant explosion within the engine room whereas transiting Sri Lanka’s Unique Financial Zone. The primary details about the vessel being on hearth was obtained at Indian Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre (MRCC) Mumbai.
MT New Diamond is reportedly carrying greater than 2.7 lakh MT Kuwait export crude oil that was destined for Paradip, Odisha. In response to Marinetraffic.com, MT New Diamond is a 20-year outdated Crude oil tanker that’s 333 meters lengthy and 60 meters huge.