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A Tunisian court dismissed all charges Thursday against the crew of a tanker that sank off the coast in April triggering a pollution alert before it emerged its tanks were empty,

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GABES (TUNISIA) - Divers who inspected the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tonnes of fuel that sank off southeast Tunisia detected no leaks on Sunday, officials said.

Divers who inspected the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tonnes of fuel that sank off southeast Tunisia detected no leaks on Sunday, officials said. The Equatorial Guinea-flagged Xelo, which sank Saturday in the Gulf of Gabes, has settled on its side at a depth of almost 20 metres (65 feet), the en ..

GABES: Divers who inspected the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tonnes of fuel that sank off southeast Tunisia...

Leaked oil from sinking minimal according to Tunisian minister.

Divers who inspected the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tons of fuel that sank off southeast Tunisia detected no leaks on Sunday, officials said.

Divers who on Sunday inspected the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tonnes of fuel that sank off southeast Tunisia detected no leaks, officials said. The Equatorial Guinea-flagged Xelo, which on Saturday sank in the Gulf of Gabes, has settled on its side at a depth of about 20m, the Tunisian Ministry of Environment said. “No leak has been detected,” it said in a statement. The inspection was carried out by divers accompanied by the ship’s captain and engineer, said Mohamed Karray, spokesma...

A diesel fuel tanker carrying 750 tonnes of fuel from Egypt to Malta sank in Tunisia’s Gulf of Gabes on Saturday, hours after the Xe

“There are minimal leaks, which are not even vis­ible to the naked eye and fortunately the oil is evaporating," says official.