The bow of the Vox Maxima dredger can be seen covered in fuel on Jun 18, 2024, after it hit a bunker vessel four days before. SINGAPORE: The incident between a dredger and a stationary bunker vessel that resulted in an oil spill was not caused by port congestion, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said on Tuesday .In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Mr Chee said some members of the public have asked if this incident was due to congestion in Singapore's port waters.
A skimmer is used to recover spilled oil from the water's surface, as seen in this photo taken on Jun 18, 2024. Authorities were alerted of the incident at 2.22pm, and MPA responded by 2.33pm to ensure there were no further leaks in the bunker vessel, which still had 400 metric tonnes of fuel oil 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," said the Transport Minister.
He added that it would take some time for MPA to complete the full investigation and"progressively clean up the oil spill".
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