Freighter Sinks in Singapore Strait After Collision with Tanker, Six Missing – AIS VIDEO
By Roslan Khasawneh and Keith Wallis
SINGAPORE, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Six crew members are nonetheless lacking after a normal cargo freighter sank within the Singapore Strait following a collision with a chemical tanker at 8:14 p.m. (1214 GMT) on Dec. 16.
The 10,385 deadweight tonne (dwt) cargo freighter Thorco Cloud, operated by Danish shipper Thorco Shipping and registered in Antigua and Barbuda, had a crew of 12.
Singapore’s Police Coast Guard, supported by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), rescued 5 of the crew members, whereas the chemical tanker picked up a sixth, the MPA mentioned. The rescued seamen had been despatched to Singapore General Hospital for commentary, it mentioned.
Search and rescue operations continued for the six lacking crew members, mentioned an MPA spokesman in an replace.
To guarantee delivery security, the MPA deployed a buoy tender and a hydrographic survey vessel to cordon off the world. So far there have been no delivery disruptions, the spokesman mentioned.
The incident, which occurred in Indonesian waters six nautical miles northwest of Batam, left the Cayman Islands-registered chemical tanker Stolt Commitment with minor injury and in steady situation, mentioned the MPA.
The 37,438 dwt tanker is owned by Stolt Tankers, a part of Norwegian bulk liquid transportation and storage firm Stolt-Nielsen Ltd.
Indonesian authorities have additionally commenced search and rescue operations and Singapore is able to render help if required, the MPA mentioned.
The sunken cargo freighter was carrying 560 metric tonnes of bunker gasoline.
“While there are currently no reports of any oil spill, MPA has also put on standby anti-pollution craft,” the spokesman mentioned.
The Singapore Strait, one of many world’s busiest business delivery routes, is a 105-km lengthy, 16-km broad passage between the Strait of Malacca to the South China Sea. (Editing by Tom Hogue)
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