Container vessel collision causes oil spill on Singapore-Malaysia border

WAN HAI LINES

04/01/2017 05:16

SINGAPORE, Jan 4 (Reuters) - 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. 
    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. http://reut.rs/2j7am36 
    "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 collsion with the WAN HAI 
301 off Pasir Gudang Port in Johor, Malaysia late on Tuesday. 
    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 
 2615.TW . 
    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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 (Reporting by Fathin Ungku; Graphic by Henning Gloystein; 
Editing by Richard Pullin) 
 ((fathin.ungku@thomsonreuters.com;)) 
 
Keywords: SHIPPING MALAYSIA/COLLISION