Panama-flagged Sanchi has reportedly sank in the East China Sea on Sunday and a large oil slick has been sighted in the area.
The oil spill is 13 kilometres (km) wide and 11 km long, according to the Japanese Coast Guard who adds that operations are currently being carried out to contain the slick.
The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) operated vessel’s last coordinates were reported to be 315 km west of Sokkozaki on the Japanese island of Amami Oshima.
The oil tanker’s crew of 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis, meanwhile, are believed to have perished in the incident.
Approximately 1,000 metric tonne (mt) of bunkers were thought to be remaining in the Sanchi’s fuel tanks during the incident; it seems that damage from leakage of the fuel tanks, if it happens, will be “relatively local”, according to Greenpeace.
“As the fuel oil cools, it will become more viscous which will help to slow or even prevent leaks,” it said in a statement.
“In this scenario, it is possible that we will see chronic low volume leakage over a period of time at the seabed. Impact would remain relatively local.”
Photo credit: Chinese Ministry of Transport
Publication date: 16 January, 2018
Signs contract with China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard for delivery of the FGSSs to a new series of Wallenius Marine LNG dual-fuel 6,500 pure car carriers.
Port of Antwerp-Bruges and CMB.TECH said the tug will be delivered by the end of this year and be fully operational in the first quarter of 2023 in Antwerp.
Singfar International has identified “MT HANTEK 3” which SeaTech Solutions will evaluate and identify gaps to propose the necessary modifications and engineering work required for the vessel to bunker methanol.
According to the circular, the ban for open loop scrubber washwater is in effect until an “environmental standard is issued in this regard”.
China’s Stage II marine engine emission standard comes into effect in July 2021 and will apply to inland waterway, coastal, river-sea, channel and fishing vessels
Development takes place after completion of an industry-first biofuel trial onboard Svitzer Intrepid which has been running since September 2021.
Current ISO 8217 bunker fuel standard not comprehensive enough for biofuels; National Mirror Committee working with local players to develop more comprehensive biofuels standard for Singapore, says Capt. Rahul.
‘There are some important differences between VLSFO and biofuels, and as a result, parties should consider whether additional changes should be made to biofuel bunker contracts,’ says Paul Collier.
Quek Rong Hong first joined Shell sometime in 2005 and had held the position of Blending Specialist from November 2017. At the time of arrest, his monthly basic salary was about SGD 4,300, showed documents.
Glencore previously commenced Singapore International Arbitration Centre Emergency Applications against Straits Pinnacle but those applications were dismissed, according to documents obtained by Manifold Times.
Captain Segar, MPA Assistant Chief Executive, Operations, to be also joining IBIA for the game where proceeds will be channelled into an IBIA Bursary Fund for supporting students to obtain a maritime studies degree.
‘Consort Bunkers will be operating the youngest bunkering fleet in Singapore after complete delivery of the ‘K’ series vessels by late-2023,’ Mr SK Yeo, Founder of Consort Bunkers, tells Manifold Times.
