A vessel carrying 560 metric tons of bunker fuel sank after a collision with chemical tanker in the Singapore Strait late Wednesday, the city-state’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said.
Shipping traffic in Strait remains undisrupted and there are no reports of any oil spill so far, the MPA said in its early Thursday statement.
The freighter “Thorco Cloud,” bearing the Antigua and Barbuda flag, collided with Cayman Islands-registered chemical tanker “Stolt Commitment” in Indonesia waters six nautical miles (11 km) north-west of Batam, according to the statement posted by the MPA on a government website.
A total of six crew members from both ships were rescued but another six were missing as of 12.15am when the MPA’s statement was issued.
Search and rescue efforts by Singapore and Indonesia continue. The MPA media team was not reachable outside office hours.
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Shipping traffic in Strait remains undisrupted and there are no reports of any oil spill so far, the MPA said in its early Thursday statement.
The freighter “Thorco Cloud,” bearing the Antigua and Barbuda flag, collided with Cayman Islands-registered chemical tanker “Stolt Commitment” in Indonesia waters six nautical miles (11 km) north-west of Batam, according to the statement posted by the MPA on a government website.
A total of six crew members from both ships were rescued but another six were missing as of 12.15am when the MPA’s statement was issued.
Search and rescue efforts by Singapore and Indonesia continue. The MPA media team was not reachable outside office hours.
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