Collision spills oil into S'pore waters

Collision spills oil into S'pore waters

SINGAPORE (Reuter): A collision at sea involving a bunker barge has spilled oil near Singapore's eastern coastline and authorities are working to contain it, the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) said yesterday.

The freighter Sun Pulse and the bunker barge Saybolt collided at 0700 hours local time (2300 GMT Monday) at Singapore's eastern anchorage, it said in a statement.

A PSA spokeswoman said only one of Saybolt's tanks, holding 300 tons of fuel oil, was damaged. She said she did not know how much oil had been spilled.

PSA has deployed seven oil spill combat crafts to control the oil.