Diesel tanker sinks off Tunisia risking environmental disaster
by Agence France-Presse in Tunis from Environment | The Guardian on (#5Y80X)
Ship carrying 750 tonnes of fuel from Egypt to Malta ran into difficulty in bad weather on Friday evening
A tanker carrying 750 tonnes of diesel fuel from Egypt to Malta sank in the Gulf of Gabes off Tunisia's south-east coast, sparking a rush to avoid a spill.
The Equatorial Guinea-flagged Xelo was sailing from the Egyptian port of Damietta to Malta when it requested entry to Tunisian waters on Friday evening owing to bad weather.
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