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Fire-Hit Indian Oil-Chartered Tanker Owner To Pay $1.8 Million To Sri Lanka
The owners of the New Diamond supertanker which caught fire with a cargo of two million barrels of oil aboard have agreed to pay 340 million rupees ($1.84 million) to Sri Lanka for its help in extinguishing the blaze and averting disaster.
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Sri Lanka Spots Oil Slick From Fire-Stricken Supertanker
Sri Lanka's navy said on Tuesday that an oil slick had been spotted a kilometre from a loaded supertanker off the country's east coast, as efforts to extinguish a fire on board continued.
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Indian Supertanker Catches Fire Again While Being Escorted: Officials
Another fire has broken out on the fully loaded supertanker that was ablaze just a few days ago off the coast of the Sri Lanka, the Indian Navy said today. Efforts have been intensified to bring the fire under control.
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Sri Lanka Navy Says No Real Risk Of Spill After Oil Tanker Fire
There is no real risk of a spill from a fully loaded supertanker that caught fire off the east coast of Sri Lanka, a senior official in the Indian Ocean nation's navy said on Friday.
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Fire On India-Bound Supertanker Off Sri Lanka Brought Under Control
A fire that broke out on a fully loaded supertanker off the east coast of Sri Lanka has been brought under control, a spokesman for the navy of the Indian Ocean nation said on Thursday, adding that one of its 23 crew was injured.
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US Issues Warrant To Seize Iranian Supertanker Grace 1
The US Justice Department unveiled a warrant Friday for the seizure of the Iranian oil supertanker Grace 1, one day after a Gibraltar judge allowed the release of the detained vessel.
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Gibraltar Orders Iranian Tanker Release Despite US Detention Bid
Gibraltar's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of releasing an Iranian supertanker seized on suspicion of shipping oil to war-torn Syria in breach of international sanctions, in a blow to the United States which had tried to block the vessel's departure.
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4 Indian Crew Of Seized Iran Oil Tanker Freed On Bail Without Charge
Four Indian nationals arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into an Iranian oil supertanker seized off the Spanish coast last week have been freed on bail without charge, the Royal Gibraltar Police said on Saturday.
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"A Dangerous Game": Iran Asks Britain To Release Its Tanker, Says Report
Iran called on Britain on Friday to immediately release an oil tanker that British Royal Marines seized last week on suspicion it was breaking European sanctions by taking oil to Syria, a foreign ministry spokesman told state news agency IRNA.
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British Marines Help Seize Tanker Suspected Of Carrying Iran Oil To Syria
British Royal Marines in fast boats and helicopters on Thursday seized a supertanker suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria near the Mediterranean peninsula of Gibraltar, the first such detention of a ship under the terms of European sanctions targeting supplies to Syria.
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Detention Of Tanker Loaded With Iranian Crude "Excellent News", Says US
White House National Security Advisor John Bolton applauded the interception by Britain's Gibraltar Thursday of a supertanker believed to be carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, saying the ship was breaking international sanctions.
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Somali pirates release Greek ship for $5 million
Somali pirates on Monday freed the Greek supertanker VLCC Maran Centaurus after a plane dropped at least five million dollars in ransom on the deck.
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Fire-Hit Indian Oil-Chartered Tanker Owner To Pay $1.8 Million To Sri Lanka
The owners of the New Diamond supertanker which caught fire with a cargo of two million barrels of oil aboard have agreed to pay 340 million rupees ($1.84 million) to Sri Lanka for its help in extinguishing the blaze and averting disaster.
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Sri Lanka Spots Oil Slick From Fire-Stricken Supertanker
Sri Lanka's navy said on Tuesday that an oil slick had been spotted a kilometre from a loaded supertanker off the country's east coast, as efforts to extinguish a fire on board continued.
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Indian Supertanker Catches Fire Again While Being Escorted: Officials
Another fire has broken out on the fully loaded supertanker that was ablaze just a few days ago off the coast of the Sri Lanka, the Indian Navy said today. Efforts have been intensified to bring the fire under control.
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Sri Lanka Navy Says No Real Risk Of Spill After Oil Tanker Fire
There is no real risk of a spill from a fully loaded supertanker that caught fire off the east coast of Sri Lanka, a senior official in the Indian Ocean nation's navy said on Friday.
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Fire On India-Bound Supertanker Off Sri Lanka Brought Under Control
A fire that broke out on a fully loaded supertanker off the east coast of Sri Lanka has been brought under control, a spokesman for the navy of the Indian Ocean nation said on Thursday, adding that one of its 23 crew was injured.
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US Issues Warrant To Seize Iranian Supertanker Grace 1
The US Justice Department unveiled a warrant Friday for the seizure of the Iranian oil supertanker Grace 1, one day after a Gibraltar judge allowed the release of the detained vessel.
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Gibraltar Orders Iranian Tanker Release Despite US Detention Bid
Gibraltar's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of releasing an Iranian supertanker seized on suspicion of shipping oil to war-torn Syria in breach of international sanctions, in a blow to the United States which had tried to block the vessel's departure.
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4 Indian Crew Of Seized Iran Oil Tanker Freed On Bail Without Charge
Four Indian nationals arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into an Iranian oil supertanker seized off the Spanish coast last week have been freed on bail without charge, the Royal Gibraltar Police said on Saturday.
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"A Dangerous Game": Iran Asks Britain To Release Its Tanker, Says Report
Iran called on Britain on Friday to immediately release an oil tanker that British Royal Marines seized last week on suspicion it was breaking European sanctions by taking oil to Syria, a foreign ministry spokesman told state news agency IRNA.
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British Marines Help Seize Tanker Suspected Of Carrying Iran Oil To Syria
British Royal Marines in fast boats and helicopters on Thursday seized a supertanker suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria near the Mediterranean peninsula of Gibraltar, the first such detention of a ship under the terms of European sanctions targeting supplies to Syria.
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Detention Of Tanker Loaded With Iranian Crude "Excellent News", Says US
White House National Security Advisor John Bolton applauded the interception by Britain's Gibraltar Thursday of a supertanker believed to be carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, saying the ship was breaking international sanctions.
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Somali pirates release Greek ship for $5 million
Somali pirates on Monday freed the Greek supertanker VLCC Maran Centaurus after a plane dropped at least five million dollars in ransom on the deck.
