Container vessel collision causes oil spill on Singapore-Malaysia border

Record ID: 163091

  • Title: Container vessel collision causes oil spill on Singapore-Malaysia border
  • Date: 4th January 2017
  • Summary: PASIR GUDANG, MALAYSIA (JANUARY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) WAN HAI 301, A CONTAINER SHIP OWNED BY WAN HAI LINES SINGAPORE AND OPERATED BY TAIWAN'S WAN HAI LINES (LEFT), AT PORT NEXT TO APL DENVER, A CONTAINER SHIP OWNED BY GERMANY'S HLL PACIFIC SCHIFFAHRTS AND REGISTERED IN GIBRALTER (RIGHT) PORT AUTHORITIES ALONGSIDE APL DENVER, CLEAN UP OPERATION ONGOING OIL ON SURFACE OF WATER WAN HAI 301 AT PORT VARIOUS OF WAN HAI 301 AND APL DENVER AT PORT
  • Embargoed: 19th January 2017 07:12
  • Keywords: collision shipping Malaysia Singapore oil oil spill container ships vessel
  • Location: PASIR GUDANG, MALAYSIA
  • City: PASIR GUDANG, MALAYSIA
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Sea Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015XO08QT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Nearly 300 tonnes of oil spilled into the narrow strait separating Singapore and Malaysia after a collision between two container vessels, the Singapore Marine Port Authority (MPA) said on Wednesday (January 4).
    There were no reports of injuries and 12 anti-pollution craft had been sent to clean up the mid-sized oil spill, the MPA said in a statement.
    "Traffic in the East Johor Straits and Singapore's port operations remains unaffected", it said, adding that the spill had been contained off the western side of Singapore's Pulau Ubin island.
    The spill was caused by damage to the fuel tank of the container vessel APL Denver after a collision with the WAN HAI 301 off Pasir Gudang Port in Johor, Malaysia late on Tuesday (January 3).
    APL Denver is owned by Germany's HLL Pacific Schiffahrts and registered in Gibraltar, while WAN HAI 301 is owned by Wan Hai Lines Singapore and operated by Taiwan's Wan Hai Lines.
    The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, a non-profit organisation dealing with oil and chemical spills, defines a large oil spill as more than 700 tonnes.
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