Identify the Panamanian registered oil carrying tanker that went ablaze in the Indian Ocean near the coast of Sri Lanka in Sept 2020. The ship was carrying 270,000 tones of crude oil.

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New Diamond. New Diamond is the correct vessel identified in reports regarding the incident. New Eagle is not the ship mentioned in this specific event. Ocean Sapphire does not match the details of the tanker that burned near Sri Lanka. New Diamond was the Panamanian registered oil carrier involved.