S'pore oil slick cleared

S'pore oil slick cleared

SINGAPORE (AFP): An oil slick off the Singapore waterfront caused by a collision between two vessels was cleaned up yesterday, the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) said.

Only small pockets of oil that had been treated with dispersants were reported by PSA patrols at four points off the shoreline, the PSA said, adding that the leakage from the damaged bunker barge Saybolt had stopped.

PSA vessels would patrol the areas to treat any remaining oil pockets, the authority said in a statement.

The Singaporean-registered Saybolt was carrying 300 tons of fuel oil when it collided with the Panama-registered cargo freighter Sun Pulse early Tuesday, causing the two square kilometer slick.

Some 100 tons of oil spilled into the sea after the accident, which left no casualties. The cause of the collision was being investigated.