Ships fighting fire onboard the New Diamond tanker off the coast of Sri Lanka

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 31 August 2020 at 00:17:06 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 04 September 2020 at 05:06:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 05 September 2020 at 12:49:13 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Fire, ship, marine security, oil spill, Sri Lanka, Panama, Liberia
Fig. 1 - S2 (04.09.2020) - Fire aboard the New Diamond tanker 70km off the coast of Sri Lanka.
Sporting a Panamean flag, the 333m-long Liberian tanker is loaded with 270 000 tons of crude oil.
Fig. 2 - S2 (04.09.2020) - It is supported by a medium ship at north-west and several smaller fire fighting boats spraying water at south-east.
Fig. 3 - S1 (31.08.2020) - Coming from Ahmadi in Kuwait, the tanker was on its way to the Indian port of Paradip.
Fig. 4 - S1 (05.09.2020) - This unusual cluster of bigger and smaller vessels 70km off Sri Lanka is likely the New Diamond, adrift for several days, and its escorting ships.