The collision occurred two nautical miles off Kamarajar Port in Ennore, a natural harbour about 20 km north of Chennai on the Coromandel Coast.

[7] On 30 January 2017, the Kamarajar Port released a note claiming that there is no major damage to the environment or injury to persons and some sheens of oil traces were observed.

[10] On 5 February, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O. Panneerselvam visited the site and declared that 90% of the clean up work was over with the remainder expected to be completed in a couple of days.

[16] He stated that 95 per cent of the spill was towards north of the Chennai Port with sludge accumulating over a length of 800 metres (2,600 ft) spread across 11 spots.

He added that the shores of the city's Marina Beach suffered minimum impact and that the shoreline of the suburb Tiruvallur had oil accumulation over a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) stretch.