A tanker carrying 750 tons of fuel sank Saturday in the Gulf of Gabes, off the southeast coast of Tunisia, according to the Tunisian Ministry of the Environment.
The situation is currently “under control,” said the ministry in a statement.
The rescued tanker was flying the flag of Equatorial Guinea and was heading to Malta from the Egyptian port of Damietta.
The Ministry follows with “concern” the ecological effects related to the sinking, as the Guinean cargo loaded with 750 tons of diesel.
“So far, there has been no fuel leakage,” explaining that the disaster committee will meet “to make decisions of what pollution has occurred,”said a spokesperson for the Gabes court.
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