The recent oil spill following an incident between a dredging boat and a bunker vessel at Pasir Panjang Terminal was not a result of port congestion, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (June 18), he addressed concerns from some members of the public.
A skimmer craft working to clear up the oil spills off Marina South Pier following the allision between Netherlands-flagged dredger and a stationary Singapore-flagged bunker vessel on June 14.The recent oil spill following an incident between a dredging boat and a bunker vessel at Pasir Panjang Terminal was not a result of port congestion, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said.
They ensured that there were no further leaks from the bunker vessel, which had 400 metric tonnes of oil remaining in its tank."This is important to prevent the oil from hardening, which would make subsequent clean-up operations at sea and on land much harder," the transport minister explained. "While the booms can help reduce the spread of the spill, they may not completely prevent the oil from spreading as some of the oil could be carried by tidal currents and waves, and go above or below the booms," Chee said.
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