Asia/Pacific News
Singapore Spill: Clean Up Continues for Third Day
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said today that the clean-up operations following Sunday's spill of some 60 metric tonnes (mt) of bunker fuel in its waters have continued for a third day although the rock bund and lagoon cleaning up operation at Sultan Shoal Island has been completed.
As at 5:00 pm local time MPA said Singapore's waters around the affected area are "generally clean, with only patches of sheen sighted near the Jurong Island T-bund and Tuas View Extension."
The sea-based clean up operation is still ongoing, with a deployment of 7 craft, a harbour buster oil containment and recovery system, and 2 containment booms.
MPA said it continues working with JTC Corporation and the National Environment Agency on the land-based clean up efforts, and vessel traffic in the Port of Singapore and port operations remain unaffected.
The spill happened on on September 9, 2012 as a result of a breached bunker tank following a collision between the 57,000 dwt Hong Kong-registered bulk carrier Sunny Horizon and the 4,998 dwt Korean-registered LPG carrier DL Salvia at the Temasek Fairway in the South West of the country, about 700 metres east of Sultan Shoal between Jurong Island and the Tuas View Extension area.
