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Singapore: 3rd Bunker Spill in 13 Days After Another Vessel Collision
A containership and a chemical tanker collided in the Singapore Strait Monday afternoon, spilling around 80 metric tonnes (mt) of bunker fuel, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) reports.
The Liberia-flagged containership Hammonia Thracium and the Panama-flagged chemical tanker Zoey collided off Sebarok Island, about 10 kilometers south of mainland Singapore, damaging one of the containership's bunker tanks and leading to the spill.
MPA's Port Operations Control Centre had alerted Zoey that Hammonia Thracium was crossing the traffic lane prior to the incident.
Both vessels are in stable condition, no injuries have been reported, and port operations are not affected.
The 34,705 deadweight tonne (dwt) Hammonia Thracium is owned and managed by Hammonia Reederei of Germany, according to vessel data provider Maritime Connector, while Zoey is a 12,124 dwt vessel owned by Koyo Kaiun Tokyo and managed by Koyo Kaiun Asia, also according to Maritime Connector.
The MPA also issued a final report on two collisions occurred in Singapore waters on January 29 and January 30, which resulted in a total of 680 mt of fuel being spilled.
No oil patches have been reported on the water from those spills since February 3, while shore cleanup is continuing.
