A tanker ship collided with a supply vessel offshore Texas this morning, spilling 68,140 liters of fuel oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The tanker, Liberian-flagged Krymsk, collided with a 166-foot offshore supply vessel, AET Endeavor, damaging one of the Krymsk’s two fuel tanks and spilling oil.
“The leak has been secured and there were no injuries reported on either vessel,” the Coast Guard said in a release. The incident around 40 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas shouldn’t affect normal tanker traffic near the U.S. Gulf Coast, the Coast Guard and cash crude traders said. Hopefully the local birds and fish in the area have heard that good news. They are probably very concerned that the oil spill would disrupt oil tanker traffic.
Clean-up efforts will begin later Wednesday, and shipping sources have said that the spill will be cleaned up quickly.





