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Small oil spill after collision

In the night of Jan 4, 2012, the "Kota Tenaga" enroute Singapore-Kolkata was in collision with the Malta-registered VLCC "Seeb" about 2.7km south of Pulau Sebarok. The collision caused a small oil spill from the "Kota Tenaga" which was contained, and the vessel ga was moved to the Raffles Reserved Anchorage where an oil boom was laid out as a precaution. A total of 12 craft was activated to monitor and clean up the oil spill. Non-toxic and biodegradable oil spill dispersants were used to break up patches of oil sighted in the vicinity of Pulau Pawai, Pulau Senang and Raffles Reserved Anchorage. About 5 metric tonnes of marine fuel oil had spilled into the Strait of Singapore. Traffic in the port and the Strait of Singapore remained unaffected.