News / Fears that commercial pressure may be causing collisions at sea are heightened

17/02/2014

Last Monday 11th February, the 2,959teu Hammonia Thracium and the 12,124dwt chemical tanker Zoey collided off Sebarok Island, about six nautical miles south of mainland Singapore, resulting in about 80 tonnes of heavy fuel oil spilling from a ruptured bunker tank on the containership.

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