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Oil leaking from bulk carrier off Gibraltar after tanker collision

FILE PHOTO: Workers carry floats to contain oil from the cargo ship OS 35, which is half sunk in Catalan Bay after colliding with LNG tanker ADAM LNG near Gibraltar, August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

A bulk carrier that collided with an LNG tanker off Gibraltar started leaking fuel oil, authorities in the British overseas territory on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula said on Wednesday.

The collision on Tuesday forced the closure of the Gibraltar port for four hours. It was later fully reopened.

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