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Sri Lankan court orders detention of Vietnamese tanker

A Sri Lankan court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 ordered the authorities here to detain a Vietnamese vessel which had carried a stock of contaminated diesel imported by Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC). The Colombo High Court ordered the detention of 'Vinalines Glory' which had caused a loss of USD 2.5 million to the Indian Oil Company's Lanka entity. The LIOC claimed that the 4500 MT of oil had complied with the necessary quality standards when shipped from Singapore. However, the lab tests done in Colombo had proved that the consignment was contaminated and therefore was of a sub standard quality. The fuel had been contaminated during the voyage from Singapore due to no fault of the supplier or the importer, the LIOC said. The ship is currently berthed in the eastern port of Trincomalee. In mid-February, the state fuel entity Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) had said that the consignment would