SINGAPORE, Feb 14 (Reuters)– Singapore’s Maritime as well as Port Authority (MPA) claimed on Thursday that a little supply as well as employees vessel with 3 Indonesian staff participants had actually tipped over as well as sunk in its territorial waters, near where a comparable event took place a month back.

All 3 staff participants aboard the Ocean Cooper 2 are risk-free as well as no injuries or oil air pollution were reported, the MPA claimed in a declaration, including that the event is being examined.

The MPA claimed it got a record at 7:15 a.m. on Thursday (2315 GMT on Wednesday) that a Dominica- flagged supply vessel had actually tipped over as well as sunk in the westbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme, concerning 3 maritime miles from Pedra Branca.

The event occurred in among the globe’s busiest delivery lanes, as well as the MPA has “issued navigational broadcasts asking ships to navigate with caution in the vicinity of the incident.”

The event took place near where a wire ship tipped over after a crash with a vessel inJanuary In the exact same location, a united state assisted projectile destroyer hit an oil vessel in 2017, causing 10 fatalities. (Reporting by Fathin Ungku; Editing by Henning Gloystein as well as Tom Hogue)

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