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SINGAPORE - Singapore said yesterday it had contained a small oil spill after a tanker and a bulk carrier collided off its southeastern coast.
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The spill of about 19 tonnes of light crude oil came less than a month after the city state scrambled to keep some 300 tonnes of fuel oil from its shores when a tanker and a freighter smashed into each other in the early hours of June 12. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said the India-registered oil tanker Lance Naik Karam Singh PVC collided with the Panama-registered bulk carrier Sea Epoch at 8:35 a.m. (0035 GMT) yesterday about six km (3.7 milles) out to sea. "None of the spilled oil has hit any of the islands or mainland Singapore," the MPA said in a statement. "There has also been no report of any further oil leaks." The MPA, which sent eight anti-pollution craft to contain the spill, said the light crude escaped when the 37,855-gross-ton Lance Naik suffered some damage to a tank on its right side. The 37,711-gross-ton Sea Epoch sustained minor damage to its bow. There was no report of any injuries and both vessels were in stable condition, the MPA said. Singapore, a regional oil processing and petrochemical hub, sits on heavily travelled shipping lanes and operates the world's second-busiest container port.
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REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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