An oil tanker capsized and sank just offshore in Muang district yesterday. Oil spilling from the tanker has already affected coastal fishermen in the area.
The tanker, carrying used oil, sank about 3-4 kilometres off the coastal fishing area of Moo 8 in tambon Phantai Norasingh.
Officials from the Marine Department on patrol boats sprayed an oil dispersant chemical to stop the slick from spreading further, while another tanker was being used to pull the stricken vessel from the 6.5-metre deep water.
Surachai Buraphanonthachai, director of the provincial marine office, said the boat is Thai-owned, 16m long and 4.5m wide, and it was carrying about 60,000 litres of used oil.
The tanker was heading to the shore in Samut Sakhon to offload its cargo to lorries for delivery to oil-recycling companies when it sank, Mr Surachai said.
According to the five crew members, water leaking into its engine room could have caused it to sink, although they could not say how that could have happened.
Full Story: Bangkok Post
Oil tanker sinks off Samut Sakhon
Oil tanker sinks off Samut Sakhon
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Re: Oil tanker sinks off Samut Sakhon
Erm....let me take a wild guess!According to the five crew members, water leaking into its engine room could have caused it to sink, although they could not say how that could have happened.
a) very old boat
b) no maintenance of any meaning
c) low knowledge level of reef placement and water depth
d) unqualified captain and crew
e) no adherence to any relative marine laws about vessel standards or operation
f) vessel overloaded
g) a combination of the above
h) all of the above
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Re: Oil tanker sinks off Samut Sakhon
A sad story indeed.
Water leaking into the engine room?? Nobody noticed before it was too late? I guess this is a case for Sherlock Holmes....
Water leaking into the engine room?? Nobody noticed before it was too late? I guess this is a case for Sherlock Holmes....
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Re: Oil tanker sinks off Samut Sakhon
Spitfire wrote:Erm....let me take a wild guess!According to the five crew members, water leaking into its engine room could have caused it to sink, although they could not say how that could have happened.
a) very old boat
b) no maintenance of any meaning
c) low knowledge level of reef placement and water depth
d) unqualified captain and crew
e) no adherence to any relative marine laws about vessel standards or operation
f) vessel overloaded
g) a combination of the above
h) all of the above
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