Malaysia’s coast guard announced on Sunday ( Jul 21 ) that it had located and interacted with a large oil tanker that was involved in a fiery collision with another vessel off Singapore.
The Sao Tome and Principe-flagged ship Ceres I had left the scene of the incident that reportedly sparked a fire and left at least two crew members injured, according to the coast guard on Saturday.
The fleet was also alleged to possess disabled its tracking system, according to the beach guard.
The beach watch said in a statement on Sunday that two tugboats were towing the Ceres I in Indonesian waters.
The Ceres I and the two tugboats have been detained by the shoreline watch for further inspection, it added.
However, the coast guard said in a statement on Sunday that the beach guard’s flying research found that there were only trace of an oil flow at the site of the collision between the Ceres I and the Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile.
” The culture ministry has been informed and will do more monitoring”, it said.
The two tankers were within Singapore’s maritime search and rescue region, about 55km northeast of Pedra Branca, according to Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority ( MPA ) in a news release on Friday.
Pedra Branca is located about 44 kilometers south of coast Singapore, close to the eastern entrance of the Singapore Strait.
According to MPA, all 22 and 40 crew members on the Hafnia Nile and Ceres I, between, were found safe.