Tag: New Diamond

Colombo: A fire broke out on an oil tanker off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka on Thursday, leaving one of its 23 crew members missing and another injured, a navy spokesman said. The fire started in the engine room of the New Diamond, which was carrying crude oil from Kuwait to India, and then […]

Chennai: The fire fighting operations are continuing for second day in succession on the blazing very large crude carrier (VLSS) New Diamond chartered by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), said the Indian Coast Guard. According to Coast Guard, the fire in the oil tankers crew accommodation area has been successfully doused. A two metre crack has […]