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Tanker leaks fuel in N. Sea after collision off Dutch coast
A tanker with jet fuel and a container ship collided some 30 km off the Dutch coast at Scheveningen, the Dutch ANP news agency reported this morning.
ANP added that there was a hole of five-by-six metres in the hull of the tanker and highly flammable fuel was leaking.
Peter van Oorschot, a spokesman for the Dutch Coast Guard, told BNR Radio that the tanker was leaking and had a crew of 25.
The Cypriot container ship has a crew of 12 and has asked permission to sail for Rotterdam.
The Arka oil dispersion ship and rescue vessels are on their way to the site, he said.
