Update(2): Oil Spill near Tuas

Shawn/ September 11, 2012/ News, Singapore/ 0 comments

Curiously, while on a fishing trip at Changi today, my white fishing line turned yellow and I could see specks of oil. I don’t see how the oil can spread so far, so fast, and in enough quantities to dirty my line so I doubt it’s related. Also, aAccording to the report, Sultan Shoal is now clean. Not sure if

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Update (1): Oil Spill near Tuas

Shawn/ September 10, 2012/ News, Singapore/ 0 comments

Here’s an update to the Oil Spill near Tuas. There is some lack of details, specifically how large the patches of oil sighted are. Here is the report: Oil Spill Following Collision Between “Sunny Horizon” and “DL Salvia” at Temasek Fairway – Update: 1 Efforts to contain and clean up the oil spill following the collision between Hong Kong-registered bulk

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Oil Spill near Tuas

Shawn/ September 10, 2012/ News, Singapore/ 0 comments

At about 2pm today (or yesterday), there was a collision between 2 ships that released no more than 60 metric tonnes of bunker fuel in the area near Tuas. Bunker fuel is the fuel used to power the engines on a ship. You should avoid fishing in this area. At about 1400hrs on 9 September (Singapore time), the Maritime and

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