SINGAPORE: Emergency teams scrambled to contain about 2000 tonnes of crude oil that leaked into the Singapore Strait yesterday after two ships collided, port officials said.Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority said the Malaysian-registered tanker MT Bunga Kelana 3 and the MV Waily, a bulk carrier registered in St Vincent and the Grenadines, had collided and the cargo tank on the Malaysian vessel was damaged.
Four patrol and emergency response vessels and three private craft with oil-spill equipment had been sent to the area, the authority said. "Work is ongoing to contain and clean up the oil spill," it said. Full Story
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