A number of Sri Lanka based state and private companies have given firefighting foam to fight a blaze on board, MT New Diamond, a stricken tanker that is carrying cargo of crude oil, the Indian Ocean Island’s navy said.

Sri Lanka Ports Authority had given 5000 litres of aqueous film forming foam, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation 2,100 litres, Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals 2,800 litres and Indian Oil Corporation 300 litres through the mediation of the Sri Lanka Marine Environment Protection Authority.

Hambantota International Port Group, a unit of China’s CM Ports group which runs Hambantota port in Sri Lanka had given 4,600 litres of AFFF and Colombo Dockyard, a publicly traded unit of the Japan’s Onomichi shipbuilding group had given 1,000 litres.

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