Two charged in connection with fatal tanker collision off Singapore

A court in Singapore has charged two individuals in connection with a collision that left one person dead in the country's eastern waters in July last year.

The accused, an Indian national and a Sri Lankan national, were both serving as crewmembers aboard the Singapore-flagged tanker Hafnia Nile when it collided with the São Tomé and Príncipe-flagged tanker Ceres I about 55 kilometres northeast of Pedra Branca island near the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait on July 19, 2024.