Chinese VLCC involved in fiery South China Sea collision does a disappearing act, say Malaysian authorities

Malaysian authorities report that the Chinese-controlled VLCC that caught fire after colliding with a Hafnia-owned LR1 tanker in the South China Sea has gone dark and disappeared from the accident scene.

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officials said late on Saturday that aircraft had been dispatched to track the 300,000-dwt Ceres I (built 2001), which was suspected to still be within Malaysian waters.