Cargo ship sinking off coast of Gibraltar causing fears of oil spill

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READ MORE:Dramatic moment 130ft superyacht disappears into the sea after taking on water overnightThe statement reads: "The Port Authority is dealing with an incident involving a collision between two vessels in the Bay."The vessel OS 35 clipped the vessel ADAM LNG as the former was manoeuvring to exit the Bay."The Port Authority directed the vessel OS 35 to the Eastside in order to ensure it could be beached and in that way try to minimise as much as possible the risk of the vessel sinking and to secure the lives of the mariners on board."The vessel is presently beached off Catalan Bay."Twitter reactions to the incident began flooding in after the initial report with one user saying: "How sad, hope all the crew are okay and there's no fuel leaking".Another expressed surprise as they tweeted: "Oh!

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