Product tanker large Hafnia is seeking to take away the cargo from its fire-damaged ship that was concerned in a collision with one other tanker off Singapore final week.
The BW Group firm is in dialogue with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on a protected location to switch naphtha from the 74,200 dwt Hafnia Nile in addition to towage plans for repairs to be authorised after checks revealed harm to the ships’ engine room.
The Singapore-flagged vessel and the Sao Tome and Principe-flagged Ceres I collided and caught fireplace about 55km northeast of the Singaporean island of Pedra Branca on July 19. The Hafnia Nile, which is at the moment about 100 km from Singapore, was carrying round 300,000 barrels of naphtha, whereas the Ceres I, a 300,000 dwt VLCC beforehand linked to the transport of Iranian crude, was empty.
Hafnia acknowledged on Wednesday that additional inspections verified a minor oil slick rising from the broken space and that the salvage crew that boarded the vessel had transferred gear from one of many close by tugs to comprise and halt any localised seepage.
MPA stated that a further tug with deepsea towing capability had arrived on web site on Tuesday, becoming a member of 4 different tugs outfitted with oil response and firefighting capabilities, including that Hafnia would organize for repairs, containment and clean-up.
The incident remains to be beneath investigation by Singaporean and Malaysian authorities, whereas, the Ceres I is detained in Malaysia after fleeing the scene of the collision beneath tow from two tugboats, and its AIS switched off earlier than being traced down and caught by the Malaysian coast guard.