Oil from a vast slick leaking from the grounded tanker Caroline Bezengi is reported to be reaching Oman’s mainland, the UN’s shipping agency said. according to Reuters.
“Oil is drifting offshore to the northeast of (Oman’s) Al-Qibliyyah Island, with some oil reported to be reaching the mainland. Oil spill contingency planning is in place,” a spokesperson at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said.
The tanker was carrying around 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia bound for Asia grounded off the coast of Oman on June 30 and is around 22 nautical miles off Oman’s fishing village of Sharbithat, the IMO spokesperson said.