23/05/2020

Ship capsized at Tuas due to strong wind


Update 16 Jun 2020Did this ship with crew on board really capsize at Tuas?

In the 1:55 minute-long video, individuals were seen jumping off the ship as it capsized. The caption accompanying the video was: “Hear say happened at Tuas today.. Titanic”. It is not stated where the individual who uploaded the video got his information from.

The video has been shared over 800 times, and has racked up over 24k views. When we did a Google Image search using a screenshot taken from the video, we were led to another Facebook post which was posted around the same time (23 May) as the first link we shared:

The caption in this instance stated that a ship had capsized “within seconds at Singapore OPL”.  ‘OPL’, or ‘Outside/Outer Port Limits’, refers to the area beyond the boundaries within which a country can conduct its sea port activities.

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