MMC Corporation, the parent of the Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), is taking compatriot owner Rising Star Shipping and the Shipowners P&I Club to court in Kuala Lumpur, demanding damages from a massive bunker spill 11 months ago that saw much traffic have to reroute to neighbouring ports.
A 60 metric ton oil spill at Tanjung Bin on August 24 last year seriously affected operations at PTP to the point where Maersk Line and others diverted a number of ships from PTP to neighbouring Singapore.
The accident Rising Stars’ Trident Star was taking on bunker fuel at a terminal controlled by VTTI, the storage division of the world’s largest oil trader Vitol.
MMC is now suing Rising Star and its P&I club for RM31,862,212 ($7.43m) plus a 5% interest rate
