Oil tanker moored safely at northern German port, fire extinguished


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  • Saturday, 12 Oct 2024

A handout by Havariekommando shows the Germany-flagged 73-metre-long oil tanker Annika after it caught fire off the Baltic Sea coast with all seven crew members on board at the time taken ashore according to maritime rescue services near Heiligendamm northern Germany October 11 2024.    HavariekommandoHandout via REUTERS

A handout by Havariekommando shows the Germany-flagged, 73-metre-long oil tanker Annika after it caught fire off the Baltic Sea coast, with all seven crew members on board at the time taken ashore, according to maritime rescue services, near Heiligendamm, northern Germany October 11, 2024. Havariekommando/Handout via REUTERS

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Maritime rescue services and firefighters in Germany's Baltic Sea have extinguished a fire on an oil tanker and brought the vessel safely into the port of Rostock, the city authorities said on Saturday.

"The ship is safely moored...there is no more fire. The tanker was dragged into Rostock overseas port early in the morning," said a statement on the city's town hall website, adding the cargo was not affected.

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