| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | New Diamond |
| Owner | Porto Emporios Shipping Inc, Piraeus, Greece |
| Port of registry |  Panama |
| Builder | Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding – Chiba, Japan |
| Laid down | 14 December 1999 |
| Launched | 10 August 2000 |
| Completed | 29 November 2000 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped in Gadani in 2021 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | VLCC |
| Type | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 330.0 m (1,082 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 60.0 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | Single diesel engine |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
MT New Diamond is a very large crude carrier. On 3 September 2020, the ship caught fire off the western coast of Sri Lanka, resulting in the death of a Filipino crew member. After burning intermittently for almost a week, the fire was reported to be extinguished by 11 September. In July 2021 the ship was beached at Gadani Ship Breaking Yard.