A containership collided with a bulk carrier on July 11, in the Strait of Malacca, resulting in major damages and an oil spill, reports Platts.
What happened?
Oil Spill
According to Malaysia’s maritime authority , the Panamax bulk carrier Galapagos has spilled hydraulic oil in the Melaka Straits after colliding with the 15,000 Teu mega container ship Zephyr Lumos over the weekend.
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“A team each is onboard the two ships and investigating the matter and, based on the information, there was a thin sheen of oil spill from the hydraulic crane on the Galapagos,” a senior executive at Malaysia’s Marine Department told S&P Global Platts.
Hydraulic oil leakage
There has been no spill of bunker fuel, and the hydraulic oil leakage that was within a 50- to 100-meter radius of the ship has mostly evaporated, the executive added.
Steering gear failure
Preliminary investigations show that the 2010-built and Malta-flagged Galapagos experienced a steering gear failure and suddenly turned swiftly after losing control, the senior executive said.
Fuel oil transferred
The marine gasoil or MGO in the Galapagos has been transferred to another tank space, the marine department said in a statement.
The part of the ship that is open as a result of the breach does not store MGO and the oil spilled into the sea is hydraulic oil, the department added.
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Source: Platts
