Oil spills into sea after tanker collision outside Chinese port of Qingdao
- No injuries reported after accident, but owner of the Liberian-flagged tanker confirms leak into Yellow Sea
- Suezmax ship had picked up oil products at a shipping hub near Malacca before heading to China
A tanker carrying around one million barrels of oil products was involved in a collision near the Chinese port city of Qingdao on Tuesday, spilling oil into the Yellow Sea.
The collision involving anchored Liberia-flagged tanker A Symphony and the Sea Justice took place at 0850 local time (0050 GMT), A Symphony’s manager Goodwood Ship Management said.
“The force of the impact on the forward port side caused a breach in cargo tanks and ballast tanks, with a quantity of oil lost into the ocean,” Goodwood said, adding all of the crew had been accounted for and there were no injuries.
It was not immediately possible to contact the owner of the Sea Justice.
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“The oil spill came after a clash between two vessels,” an official at the Shandong maritime safety authority said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official confirmed that no one was injured.
