Tanker Spills Oil Off Singapore, Malaysia

摘要

At least 18,000 barrels of crude oil have been spilled into the waters between Singa- pore and Malaysia after a bulk carrier collid- ed with an oil tanker. The dry bulk carrier MV Waily struck the port side of the Aframax-size tanker Bunga Kelena 3 early Tuesday in the Straits of Singa- pore — one of the world’s busiest sea lanes, connecting trade routes from Asia to Africa and Europe — 13 kilometers southeast of the eastern tip of Singapore, according to the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the owners of the Bunga Kelena. By mid- afternoon, the resulting oil slick measured 4 km by 1 km, and was about 6 km south of the city-state, the MPA said.