AG makes USD 19 million claim for oil spill

A marine pollution claim for Rs. 3.423 Billion (19.022 Million US Dollars) has been made the Attorney General Dappula  Livera. The claim has been forwarded to the Ship Owners of MT New Diamond Crude Oil Tanker.

 

An act of marine pollution took place due to an oil spill caused in September 2020.

 

This claim is in addition to a previoues claim in which  the owners of MT New Diamond  had paid a compensation of Rs. 454 million to the Government of Sri Lanka for containing the fire and after the Captain of the vessel pleaded guilty for the incident.

 

The crude oil tanker caught fire following an explosion in its boiler room nearly 38 nautical miles off Sangamankanda Point east on 3rd September 2020.