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An oil tanker and a bulk carrier collided in waters between Malaysia and Singapore, an estimated 2,500 tonnes of oil, but traffic in Asia’s busiest shipping lane was not .
The Malaysian flagged Aframax class M/T Bunga Kelana 3 was carrying about 62,000 tonnes of light crude oil. The collision between the tanker and the MV Waily, a bulk carrier in St Vincent and the Grenadines which minor damage. The collision caused a 10-metre on the port side of the tanker, the coast guard said. Both vessels are anchored away from the incident’s site. There were no reports of injuries among the 50 crew members.
Singapore port authorities said the spill measured about four kilometres by one meter and was six kilometres south of Singapore’s south eastern tip at 2:20 pm local time. Singapore and Malaysia oil-spill companies and a clean-up operation involving 20 craft.
The incident happened in the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) of the Singapore Strait, 13 kilometres from the tip of the island nation. Singapore, the world’s largest port and Asia’s top oil-trading hub, at the south eastern end of the waterway.
