{"id":49536,"date":"2019-11-08T15:06:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T07:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=49536"},"modified":"2019-11-08T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T07:06:14","slug":"fire-breaks-out-aboard-tanker-in-singapore-waters-off-pedra-branca-mpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=49536","title":{"rendered":"Fire breaks out aboard tanker in Singapore waters off Pedra Branca: MPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.seatrade-maritime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hoyu-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SINGAPORE, Nov 8 (NNN-CNA) &#8212; A fire broke out aboard a Panama-flagged tanker in Singapore waters on Thursday, causing the crew members to be evacuated, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MPA said it was informed at 1.10pm that a fire had broken out onboard the tanker HOYU around 9.7 nautical miles northeast from Pedra Branca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Police Coast Guard and the Republic of Singapore Navy deployed vessels to assist&nbsp;the HOYU crew, the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All 18 crew members have been safely evacuated&nbsp;and the fire has been put out, it said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were no reports of injury or pollution and shipping traffic was unaffected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MPA is investigating the incident, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refinitiv Eikon shipping data showed that the tanker was fully laden with an unspecified oil cargo and was bound for the Philippines. &#8212; NNN-CNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, Nov 8 (NNN-CNA) &#8212; A fire broke out aboard a Panama-flagged tanker in Singapore waters on Thursday, causing the crew members to be evacuated, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in a statement. MPA said it was informed at 1.10pm that a fire had broken out onboard the tanker HOYU around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49536"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}