Freight ship grounded off Singapore after collision
23 Apr 2009 08:51:20 GMT
Source: Reuters
SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters) - An Iranian-flagged freight ship was aground on Thursday after colliding with a container ship in the busy shipping lanes off Singapore, the port authority said. The ship, carrying a cargo of maize and on its way to Vietnam when it struck an Indonesian-flagged container vessel outside Singapore port's waters late on Wednesday, was towed to shallow waters to avoid sinking. The container ship carried on its way. Singapore is the world's busiest container port and the world's top fuel bunkering port, and the city-state's trade is more than three times the size of its gross domestic product.
