23 tonnes of diesel leaked from police facility to S’pore waters; patches of oil seen off Sentosa

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23 tonnes of diesel leaked from police facility to S’pore waters; patches of oil seen off Sentosa​

The latest incident is at least the fifth one involving oil spilling into Singapore’s waters since June 2024.PHOTO: ST FILE

Chin Hui Shan
UPDATED FEB 06, 2025, 09:15 PM

SINGAPORE - About 23 tonnes of diesel oil was leaked from the Police Coast Guard Brani Regional Base in southern Singapore into surrounding waters on Feb 5.

In a joint statement, the Singapore Police Force, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the National Environment Agency said on Feb 6 that the oil leak was discovered at 11.40am on Feb 5 and “isolated” at about 3.40pm the same day.

They said that about 23 tonnes of oil had leaked from a damaged shore fuel hose used to refuel patrol craft at Selat Sengkir.

This is at least the fifth incident involving oil spilling into Singapore’s waters since June 2024.

The authorities said in the statement that “there were no oil slicks observed”, but added that an oily sheen could be seen in some areas.

Members of the public told ST they saw patches of oil in the waters off the resort island of Sentosa.

Mr Sirius Ng, who is an outrigger paddler with the Singapore Paddle Club, told ST that he saw patches of oil off the entire south-western coast of Sentosa, from Tanjong Rimau to Tanjong Beach, in the morning of Feb 6 from around 6.45am to 8am.

 

[millim6868]

This government really cannot make it,but 70% song with it

 

[mojito]

Not a disaster. Just a bit oily only. My mala all so a bit oily but still good!

 

[Narong Wongwan]

This government really cannot make it,but 70% song with it

Every small thing also blame govt