JOHOR BARU: The Johor Department of Environment (DoE) is actively monitoring the aftermath of a ship collision at Pasir Panjang Terminal, Singapore, which resulted in a spill of low sulphur Marine Fuel Oil (MFO) 380 in Pengerang waters on Tuesday.
Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman Ling Tian Soon said the department received information from Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) regarding the oil spill, estimated at 400 tonnes, at 8.30am.
Following this, he said Johor DOE had sought assistance from the Southern Region Marine Department, Johor Port Authority, Kota Tinggi District Office, Pengerang Municipal Council (MPP), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, the Marine Police, Royal Malaysian Navy, Civil Defence Force, Dialog Terminals Pengerang Sdn Bhd, and Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) Pengerang to assist with patrols and to gather current information on the situation at sea.
"(Johor) DoE also received information from MPP that there was oil pollution on the Sungai Rengit beach, Pengerang, Kota Tinggi yesterday morning. Therefore, patrols and monitoring on the beach will continue today.