Tunisian authorities intensified efforts to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying one thousand tonnes of fuel sank off the coast of Gabes.
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The Tunisian Navy had rescued all seven crew members from the ship, which was heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta, and sent a distress call 11 km away from southern city of Gabes.
The cause of the incident was bad weather, the Environment Ministry said, adding that water had seeped into the ship, reaching a height of two metres.
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Gabès is the capital city of the Gabès Governorate in Tunisia. It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Gabès.
The Gulf of Gabes, also known as Lesser Syrtis, is a gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa.
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