Malaysian investigators have boarded a fire-ravaged Hafnia tanker that collided with a VLCC in the South China Sea.

The 74,200-dwt Hafnia Nile (built 2017) was severely damaged when it caught fire after the collision with the 300,000-dwt Ceres I (built 2001) on 19 July close to the entrance of the Singapore Strait.

A team from the Malaysian Marine Department boarded the vessel earlier this week “as part of the ongoing investigation into the incident”, Hafnia said on Thursday.