Japan tanker spills crude oil in east Indian Ocean
A tanker on its way from the Middle East to Japan spilled about 4,500 tonnes of crude oil in the eastern Indian Ocean, tanker owner Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. said yesterday.
The leak from the tanker Bright Artemis on Monday afternoon occurred some 470km west of India's Great Nicobar Island.
The Singapore-flagged tanker, a 260,000-tonne single-hull crude carrier, was transporting about 250,000 tonnes of crude oil from Mina al Fahal port in Oman and Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia, Mitsui O.S.K. said in a statement.
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