SINGAPORE ,May 25-Malaysian tanker MT Bunga Kelana 3 spilled about 2,500 tonnes of crude oil into Singapore waters, after colliding with a bulk carrier off the coast of Singapore early Tuesday, the Management and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore said in a statement.
MPA was citing information provided by AET Tanker Holdings, which manages the vessel. AET is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MISC, a unit of Malaysian national oil company Petronas.
The volume of spilled oil was higher than the initial estimate of 2,000 tonnes.
A helicopter recce by the Republic of Singapore Air Force at 2:20pm (0720 GMT) found an oil slick measuring 4 kilometres by 1 kilometre located about 6 kilometres south of Changi East, the MPA said in a statement.
Bunga Kelana 3 damaged one of its cargo tanks, upon hitting MV Waily a bulk carrier registered in St. Vincents and the Grenadines, at about 6:00 hours (2300 GMT) Singapore time on 25 May, along the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) of the Singapore Strait.
No injuries were reported at the accident.
Bunga Kelana 3 was carrying condensate and Bintulu crude. The spill was Bintulu crude a very light crude that evaporates easily, said Shannon Cunningham, a spokesperson of AET Tanker said.
The response craft are equipped with 41 tonnes of non-toxic and bio-degradable oil spill dispersants, 1,500 metres of containment booms and 2 skimmers with fast tanks, it added.
MPA said it had notified the Indonesian and Malaysian authorities regarding the oil slick, in line with the Standard Operating Procedure for Joint Oil Spill Combat in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOP).
Efforts to contain and clean up the oil spill are ongoing. The oil spill and the containment and clean up efforts have not affected traffic in the Traffic Separation Scheme of the Singapore Strait, the MPA said.
MPA was citing information provided by AET Tanker Holdings, which manages the vessel. AET is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MISC, a unit of Malaysian national oil company Petronas.
The volume of spilled oil was higher than the initial estimate of 2,000 tonnes.
A helicopter recce by the Republic of Singapore Air Force at 2:20pm (0720 GMT) found an oil slick measuring 4 kilometres by 1 kilometre located about 6 kilometres south of Changi East, the MPA said in a statement.
Bunga Kelana 3 damaged one of its cargo tanks, upon hitting MV Waily a bulk carrier registered in St. Vincents and the Grenadines, at about 6:00 hours (2300 GMT) Singapore time on 25 May, along the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) of the Singapore Strait.
No injuries were reported at the accident.
Bunga Kelana 3 was carrying condensate and Bintulu crude. The spill was Bintulu crude a very light crude that evaporates easily, said Shannon Cunningham, a spokesperson of AET Tanker said.
The response craft are equipped with 41 tonnes of non-toxic and bio-degradable oil spill dispersants, 1,500 metres of containment booms and 2 skimmers with fast tanks, it added.
MPA said it had notified the Indonesian and Malaysian authorities regarding the oil slick, in line with the Standard Operating Procedure for Joint Oil Spill Combat in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOP).
Efforts to contain and clean up the oil spill are ongoing. The oil spill and the containment and clean up efforts have not affected traffic in the Traffic Separation Scheme of the Singapore Strait, the MPA said.
