Collision causes oil spill

摘要

Among the worryingly numerous casualties reported in the first few days of 2015 was the 116,039dwt 2008-built Libyan-flagged tanker Alyarmouk operated by the Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. She collided with Samudera Indonesia's 2008-built bulk carrier Sinar Kapuas about 11 nautical miles north-east of Pedra Branca, Singapore on 2 January. The tanker, which is managed by V Ships (UK) Ltd, damaged one of her cargo tanks and is estimated to have spilled 4,500 tonnes of crude oil. The Aframax tanker was sailing to Yangpu in China at the time of the collision. Both vessels reached a safe anchorage and Sinar Kapuas, which was on a voyage from Hong Kong, later departed for Singapore. Four oil response craft equipped with dispersant, oil booms and skimmers were quickly on the scene.