Published: Thursday May 27, 2010 MYT 9:02:00 PM
Oil spill enters Malaysian waters
JOHOR BARU: The oil spill caused by a collision involving the tanker, MT Bunga Kelana 3, and bulk carrier MV Waily in the Singapore Strait, about 13km southeast of Changi East last Tuesday, has spread into Malaysian waters.
Johor Department of Environment director Dr Zulkifli Abdul Rahman said the spill measuring 1,600-metre long and 960-metre wide, was now 960 metres from the Tanjung Ayam beach in Pengerang, Kota Tinggi.
"Currently, the Southern Region Marine Department is in the midst of preventing the spill from reaching the beach," he said in a statement here Thursday.
He said the 'boom' or equipment to prevent the spill from spreading had been installed. - Bernama
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"The Malaysian-registered tanker MT Bunga Kelana 3 was carrying nearly 62,000 tonnes of crude when it collided Tuesday with the MV Waily, a bulk carrier registered in St Vincent and the Grenadines"
About 2,500 tonnes of crude had leaked from a gash on the double-hulled tanker's port side, port officials said.
Double-hulled tankers are designed to limit spillage in case of a rupture.
"Singapore is one of the world's leading ports, with data from the port authority showing the island-nation handled 472 million tonnes of cargo last year, with bulk oil cargo constituting 37.5 percent of the total"
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