Mr. Chee stated that the dredger struck the ship at 2.18pm, giving a timeline of the event.
Officials received a 2.22pm alert about the affair, and MPA responded by 2.33pm to make sure there were no more leaking in the basement vessel, which still had 400 metric tons of fuel petrol in its container.
The fuel that had already spewed into the water was treated by MPA patrol boats ‘ spray of dispersant.
The Transport Minister said that” this is important to reduce the fuel from hardening, which would make subsequent clean-up operations at sea and on land little harder.”
Additionally, MPA’s company set up oil boom around the broken vessel to stop further oil spills that might leak from the vessel.
” While the booms can help reduce the spread of the spill, they may not completely stop the oil from spreading because some of the oil could be carried by coastal tides and tides, and get above or below the booms,” said Mr. Chee.
He added that MPA would need to “progressively wash up the oil spill” and complete the whole investigation in a “progressive way.”
We seek the knowledge of the people and businesses that this affair has affected. We did do our best to complete the clear- up as soon as possible”, he wrote on Twitter.
He stated that MPA will work with government organizations, business partners, volunteers, and neighbors to carefully monitor the situation and “take the required actions.”
While the investigations continue, the dredger and vault vessel are still at the American Anchorage.  ,