Emergency teams were scrambling to contain 2,000 tonnes of crude oil that leaked Tuesday into the Singapore Strait after two vessels collided in the busy waterway, port officials said.
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said the Malaysian-registered tanker MT Bunga Kelana 3 was damaged in a collision with the MV Wally, a bulk carrier registered in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
One of the cargo tanks of the Malaysian vessel was damaged.
"Work is ongoing to contain and clean up the oil spill," the MPA said in a press release.
Four patrol and emergency response vessels and three private craft equipped with oil-spill equipment have been sent to the affected zone.
Nobody was injured and ship traffic was not affected by the incident, which took place 13 kilometres (eight miles) off Singapore in the Traffic Separation Scheme at 6:10 am Tuesday (2210 GMT Monday), the release said.
The Traffic Separation Scheme is a commercial channel running along the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.
Both vessels were anchored off Singapore after the accident, and neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia have been notified, the MPA said.
Oil spill off Singapore after vessels collide
Emergency teams were scrambling to contain 2,000 tonnes of crude oil that leaked Tuesday into the Singapore Strait after two vessels collided.
Source: AFP
