Cargo ship drifts off Kemaman port, no oil spills - Nik Nazmi

The Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) Ministry has carried out continuous monitoring of the vessel “Atosa 01” that drifted from the Kemaman port area at Chendor Beach, Kuantan on Jan 30 until today and found that no pollution has occurred.

Its minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the ship drifted about 15 metres away as a result of the ship's anchor line breaking due to the bad weather that occurred on Jan 24 in the Kemaman waters.

He said his team, through the Department of Environment (DOE), received information...