Oil tanker spills 18,000 barrels after hit
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May 26, 2010, Wednesday
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AN oil tanker spilled about 18,000 barrels of crude oil off Singapore's coast after a collision with another ship ripped a hole in one of its tanks, authorities said yesterday.
The spill caused an oil slick about 6 kilometers south of Singapore's east coast, and crews were scrambling to keep it from reaching the coast, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said.
Cleanup teams from Singapore and neighboring Malaysia deployed about 40 tons of oil dispersants, 1.5 kilometers of containment booms and two skimmer boats designed to scoop up the crude, the port authority said.
Malaysian coast guard Commander Abdul Hadib Abdul Wahab said the oil spill was being contained and there was no danger it would hit the coast.
The spill occurred when the Malaysian-registered tanker MT Bunga Kelana 3 collided with the St Vincent's and The Grenadines-registered bulk carrier MV Waily early yesterday in the Singapore Strait about 13 kilometers off the city-state's east coast, the port authority said. Both ships are now anchored in the strait.
The spill caused an oil slick about 6 kilometers south of Singapore's east coast, and crews were scrambling to keep it from reaching the coast, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said.
Cleanup teams from Singapore and neighboring Malaysia deployed about 40 tons of oil dispersants, 1.5 kilometers of containment booms and two skimmer boats designed to scoop up the crude, the port authority said.
Malaysian coast guard Commander Abdul Hadib Abdul Wahab said the oil spill was being contained and there was no danger it would hit the coast.
The spill occurred when the Malaysian-registered tanker MT Bunga Kelana 3 collided with the St Vincent's and The Grenadines-registered bulk carrier MV Waily early yesterday in the Singapore Strait about 13 kilometers off the city-state's east coast, the port authority said. Both ships are now anchored in the strait.
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