Cargo ship, oil tanker collide

Cargo ship, oil tanker collide

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): An oil tanker and a cargo ship, both empty, collided in the Strait of Malacca off Malaysia's Port Klang early on Wednesday, injuring up to nine of the tanker's crew.

A Port Klang police spokesman said eight crew from the Panama- registered Silversea were injured in the incident involving Paris II, though official news agency Bernama put the toll at nine. The spokesman said he believed Paris II was Greek registered.

The collision at about 3 a.m. (2 a.m. Jakarta time) on Tuesday occurred six nautical miles off Port Klang, Malaysia's busiest harbor, 33 km southwest of the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Bernama quoted Port Klang Marine Department supervisor Nasar Abdul Hadi as saying the "Silversea" was headed from there to Pasir Gudang in the south Malaysian state of Johor. Nasar said Paris II was headed from Singapore for Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates.