Singapore Spill: No Further Spillage of Bunker

Some 60 metric tonnes of bunker was spilled from the DL Salvia, pictured.

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said today there has been no further spillage of bunker fuel after a tanker and a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier collided in Singapore waters on Sunday resulting in a spill of some 60 metric tonnes (mt) of fuel.

MPA said that efforts to contain and clean up the oil spill continued today which included an oil boom being placed around the vessel as a precautionary measure.

Bio-degradable oil dispersants were said to have been used yesterday and today to break up the oil slick in the waters, and in total 9 craft and more than 46 personnel have been deployed as part of the containment and clean up efforts.

Sightings of some patches of treated oil were reported today at the reclamation sites at the western part of Jurong Island and Tuas View Extension, and at a rock bund at Sultan Shoal.

MPA said it is working with JTC Corporation and the National Environment Agency on the land-based clean up efforts.

MPA said yesterday that at 2:00pm local time on Sunday afternoon it was notified of the 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.

The two vessels involved in the collision are currently anchored in the West Jurong anchorage. No injuries were reported as a result of the collision and port operations were said to continue to be unaffected.