The oil tanker carrying 750 tons of fuel on its way from Egypt to Malta and blocked off the coast of Tunisia it sank.
This was reported by the Tunisian authorities, adding that they are working to avoid “an environmental disaster in the region”.
The merchant ship Xelo, flying the flag of Equatorial Guinea on Friday evening had asked to enter Tunisian waters due to bad weather conditions.
The seven crew members had been evacuated. During the journey between the Egyptian port of Damietta and Malta, he had begun to take on water about seven kilometers from the coast of the Gulf of Gabe’s.