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Bunker Tanker Runs Aground in Danube Near Vienna
Wednesday February 8, 2017
Stavo, a bunker tanker, has run aground in Danube River at Langenzersdorf off Austria's Port of Vienna, Maritime Herald reports.
The vessel is said to have been carrying 289 tonnes of fuel when it struck a stone dam and sustained underwater breaches in its hull.
Authorities were dispatched to the scene with rescue boats and a pusher tug, at which point attempts to pull the tanker off the grounding side to restablish stability were made.
In order to prevent pollution, local authorities and fire rescue teams surrounded the tanker with oil booms and removed the 289 tonnes fuel to another ship.
The incident has not caused any reported pollution.
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