AT SEA: Tanker and bulk carrier collide in waters off Singapore causing oil spill

Record ID: 343781

  • Title: AT SEA: Tanker and bulk carrier collide in waters off Singapore causing oil spill
  • Date: 26th May 2010
  • Summary: AT SEA, WATERS BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA (REUTERS) (MAY 25, 2010) YACHT APPROACHING SCENE OF OIL SPILL GPS SCREEN DISPLAY VARIOUS OF MT BUNGA KELANA 3 TANKER OIL SPILL ON WATER VARIOUS OF MT BUNGA KELANA 3 TANKER GASH ON SIDE OF TANKER POLICE COAST GUARD OIL SLICK MORE OF POLICE COAST GUARD TANKER VARIOUS OF OIL SPILL RESPONSE VESSEL VARIOUS OF OIL SPILL
  • Embargoed: 10th June 2010 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA71R832ECFU3TLFQQTW78OX1K8
  • Story Text: An oil tanker and a bulk carrier collided in waters between Singapore and Malaysia on Tuesday morning (May 25), resulting in an estimated 2,500 tonnes of oil spilt, authorities from the two countries said.
    There were no reports of injuries among the 50 crew members.
    Singapore port authorities said the spill measured about 4 kilometres by 1 kilometre and was located 6 kilometres south of Singapore's southeastern tip at 2:20 p.m. local time.
    According to a statement from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), more than 85 personnel in 20 craft were on site to assist with clean up efforts.
    They were equipped with oil spill dispersants to help break up the oil globules, 1,500 metres of containment booms and two skimmers to collect the oil.
    A further 200 people were on standby to help clean up the Singaporean coastline, in the event that the oil reaches the country's shores, the statement added.
    Singapore port authorities informed Malaysian and Indonesian authorities about the incident.
    The MPA said the Malaysian-registered tanker, MT Bunga Kelana 3 and a bulk carrier registered in St Vincent and the Grenadines, the MV Waily, had collided in the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) of the Singapore Strait.
    The Malaysian coast guard said the collision caused a 10-metre gash in the left side of the tanker.
    AET, a unit of Malaysian national oil firm Petronas owns and manages the tanker, which was carrying Bintulu light crude and condensate.
    An AET spokesman could not say who owned the oil.
    MISC lists the Bunga Kelana 3 as an Aframax class tanker built in 1998 with a dead-weight-tonnage of 105,784, on its website.
    Singapore is one of the world's busiest ports and a major centre of global oil trading.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register