Two oil tankers are ablaze off Singapore, Rescue underway
Bloomberg
Fri, 19 July 2024 at 3:11 pm SGT
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FILE PHOTO: Container ships and bulk carriers offshore from Singapore, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (Photo: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg)
FILE PHOTO: Container ships and bulk carriers offshore from Singapore, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Hafnia Nile, a Singapore-flagged refined-products tanker, and Ceres I, a crude oil tanker sailing under the flag of Sao Tome & Principe, have been on fire since early Friday (19 July) morning to the east of Singapore, (Photo: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg) (Bloomberg)More
By Yongchang Chin
(Bloomberg) — Two oil tankers have been on fire since early Friday morning to the east of Singapore, according to a statement from the country’s Maritime and Port Authority.
Hafnia Nile, a Singapore-flagged refined-products tanker, and Ceres I, a crude oil tanker sailing under the flag of Sao Tome & Principe, are 55km (34 miles) northeast of the tiny island of Pedra Branca, at the eastern entrance to the Strait of Singapore.