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2 Tankers Collide Off Holland, Spilling Oil

January 25, 1988|From Reuters

THE HAGUE — Dutch and Belgian tankers collided near the Dutch North Sea coast on Sunday, causing a spill of about 100 tons of heating oil, the Dutch Transport Ministry reported.

The Belgian tanker Rapide Vier, apparently unable to steer due to a malfunction, collided with the Dutch tanker Vlaardingen, causing a leak in the heating oil compartments of the Dutch vessel, the ministry said.

It said it had sent a vessel to try to clean up the spill at Oosterschelde, near the Dutch-Belgian border.

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