The Sao Tome and Principe-flagged “Ceres I” had illegally left the site of the collision and disconnected its tracking system, according to a statement from the Malaysian coast guard.
Malaysia detained a runaway tanker yesterday Friday after it collided with another tanker off Singapore, causing both vessels to catch fire, the coast guard said today.
The Sao Tome and Principe-flagged “Ceres I” had illegally left the site of the collision and disconnected its tracking system, according to a statement from the Malaysian coast guard.
“Malaysia was able to locate and detain the ‘Ceres I’ and the two tugs towing it” off the country’s east coast, Zin Azman Mohamad Yunus, commander of the coast guard’s search and rescue operations, said in a statement.
An investigation is expected to determine why the Ceres I escaped after colliding with the Hafnia Nile, a Singapore-flagged tanker, he added.
Singapore authorities had said on Friday that 36 crew members from the two ships had been rescued, but 26 people remained on the Ceres I to help put out the fire.
Meanwhile, an aerial survey by the Malaysian Coast Guard revealed a 17 square kilometer oil spill in the area where the two tankers collided.
Source :Skai
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