SINGAPORE — The authorities here are expanding cleanup efforts to more areas following a major oil spill on June 14, with some oil leaking from a damaged cargo tank at Pasir Panjang Terminal having spread to the waters off Changi on June 17. As at June 17, some 1,500m of booms have been deployed to contain the oil spill, with...
Vessels towing a Current Buster system to capture oil off Labrador Nature Reserve on June 17.SINGAPORE — The authorities here are expanding cleanup efforts to more areas following a major oil spill on June 14, with some oil leaking from a damaged cargo tank at Pasir Panjang Terminal having spread to the waters off Changi on June 17.
N. Sivasothi, a senior lecturer at National University of Singapore, said the movement of oil towards Singapore's eastern waters was expected, given the current south-west monsoon season with winds blowing from the south. Oil slicks can block light from reaching seagrasses, which require sunshine to photosynthesise. Seagrasses are also known to lose chlorophyll — the compound in plants that enable them to convert sunshine to nutrition — when exposed to chemical pollutants, he said.
A Current Buster system, a specialised oil floating containment and recovery device deployed from vessels, will be used on June 18 off the Changi Exhibition Centre as a pre-emptive measure. On June 14, the Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima hit a stationary Singapore-flagged bunker vessel, Marine Honour, at Pasir Panjang Terminal. The dredger had suffered a sudden loss of engine and steering control.
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