Singapore says dredger lost control and hit tanker causing oil spill

Workers clean an oil spill along Sentosa’s Tanjong Beach area in Singapore (Suhaimi Abdullah/AP)

Singapore authorities said on Monday a dredger boat reported a sudden loss in engine and steering control that led it to hit a stationary cargo tanker, causing an oil spill that has blackened part of the city-island’s southern shores.

The Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima struck the Singaporean fuel supply ship Marine Honor on Friday.