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Oil Tanker Still Missing from Gulf of Guinea

Monday, February 5, 2018

Day four in the search for a missing oil tanker off the coast of West Africa has provided no results. The vessel, Marine Express, was carrying more than 13,000 tons of gasoline and went missing in the Gulf of Guinea, according to a statement from Anglo Eastern, the ship’s managing company.

There is also no word on the fate of the 22 Indian nationals who were onboard at the time of the vessel’s disappearance.

In a tweet, a spokesman for India’s Foreign Ministry, Raveesh Kumar, said a search for the ship is underway. “Our Mission in Abuja (Nigeria) is in touch with the authorities in Benin and Nigeria for their help in locating the ship and is constantly monitoring the situation,” he said.


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