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Singaporean oil tanker runs aground off New York

AFP
NEW YORK
Petroleumworld.com 07 13 07

A 240-meter (800-foot) tanker carrying 455,000 barrels of fuel oil ran aground just south of New York City early Thursday, but there was no danger of a spill, coast guard officials said.

The tanker, belonging to Singapore-based shipping company Tanker Pacific, ran aground some 6.5 kilometers (four miles) north of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, at around 6:30 am (10:30 GMT), coast guard spokeswoman Annie Berlin said.

"There are two small breaches in the hull but there is no product leaking into the water. Nothing is coming out of the hull," she told AFP.

The coast guard was to try to refloat the vessel at high tide later Thursday, she said.

AFP 12 1826 GMT 07 07

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