Steering system failure likely caused waterway collision

JOHOR BARU: A steering system failure is suspected to be the cause of a collision between a bulk carrier and a cargo ship at Sungai Muar near here.

Johor MMEA director First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria said that a Malta-registered bulk carrier (MV Galapagos) was reported to have experienced a steering system failure which caused it to veer to the right and block the route of a Britain-registered cargo ship (MV Zephyr Lumos) that was passing by it.