Oil spill off Changi East: Malaysian reports

Leaking Malaysian Tanker Moved To Johor Waters
Zakaria Abdul Wahab, Bernama 28 May 10;

SINGAPORE, May 28 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian oil tanker, MT Bunga Kelana 3, which was involved in a collision with a bulk carrier in the Singapore Strait on Tuesday, has been moved to a Johor anchorage Friday.

This was after she was certified safe to be moved by the classification society, American Bureau of Shipping, according to the Maritime Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore Friday.

It said, no significant patch of oil was spotted at the collision site in the Traffic Separation Scheme off Changi East and within the anchorages of Singapore's port waters.

The collision spilled about 2,500 tonnes of crude oil which was swept across the strait by winds and tides in the days later, and some slick managed to reach a 7.2km stretch of coastal areas in southeast of Changi, polluting public beaches.

MPA said there were isolated patches of oil close to East Coast Park and Changi East and it was working to contain and clean them up.

It said efforts to clean up the waters off Changi East and East Coast Park were continuing for the fourth day, with 21 craft equipped with six skimmers and 1,915 metres of containment booms deployed.

Traffic in the Traffic Separation Scheme of the Singapore Strait remains unaffected.

MPA said it continued to work with the Indonesian and Malaysian authorities, in line with the standard operating procedure for joint oil spill combat in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore and offered its assistance, if need be.

-- BERNAMA