Oil Tanker Fire Break: Owner To Pay $1.8 Million To Sri Lankan Government

The supertanker MT New Diamond owner agreed to settle the claim of $1.8 million, with the Srilankan Government for extinguishing the fire. The confirmation came after Sri Lanka's attorney general Dappula de Livera claimed for the expenses. Earlier, the Indian Oil Corporation chartered tanker which carried two million barrels of oil caught fire on September 3, after an explosion of a boiler.