Salvage experts have boarded a Hafnia tanker hit by fire after a collision with a VLCC in the South China Sea on Friday.

A towing connection has been established with one of the attending tugs, Hafnia said, having previously noted its vessel had been drifting further to open sea.

Initial assessments from the team suggested the fire was no longer burning on board the 74,200-dwt Hafnia Nile (built 2017), according to a statement from the shipowner on Saturday.