Fuel tanker sinks near Suez Canal
A Panamanian fuel tanker has split in half and is sinking near the Red Sea entrance to the Suez Canal, an Egyptian port official said.
Brigadier Hagag el-Husseini said the tanker's 60 tons of engine fuel was leaking but port workers had contained the spill.
The vessel was not transporting its usual cargo of oil and chemicals.
None of the 25 crew members was hurt and canal traffic was not disrupted.
El-Husseini said the tanker arrived from Yemen for repairs. It broke apart while waiting to dock 15 nautical miles from port Taufiq, at the southern entrance to the canal.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known.