Malaysia claims to have spotted a big oil ship that was in a collision with another ship before attempting to flee the scene and turning off its monitoring system.
The coastguard claims to have found and detained Ceres I, which was being town off the government’s northeast coast while cruising under the S. Tomé and Prénécipe flag.
The fleet had collided with the Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile on Friday, causing both ships to find fire.
According to Singaporean officers, all of the team on both ships was found.
The location was quickly evacuated by Malaysia’s coastguard following the collision, which set off a blaze and left at least two crew members injured.
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore ( MPA ) reported that the incident occurred 55 kilometers northeast of the Singaporean island of Pedra Branca.
The head of Malay beach officer’s search and rescue group, Zin Azman Mohamad Yunus, has never explained why the São Tomé and Príncipe-flagged ship tried to flee, but added that further investigations may be carried out.
Around 26 of the team members who were saved from the blazing ships were still on Ceres I to deal with the fire, according to the government in Singapore.
The Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile, was apparently carrying propane, a very volatile type of gas.
The reason behind the incident is still undetermined. Send traffic in the active waterway was intact, according to Singapore’s maritime authorities.
But, Indonesian navy officers found an oil flow covering around 17 square miles.
Ceres I is a huge crude oil carrying supertanker. Some reviews suggests it could be portion of a so-called’ black fleet’, carrying petrol from nations under sanctions.
A business intelligence services, S&, P Global Commodities at Sea, says the fleet, operated by China’s Shanghai Prosperity Ship Management, has recently carried Egyptian pure, which is content to US restrictions.