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Greek, Cypriot ships collide off Dutch coast

By the CNN Wire Staff
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Greek tanker spills a small amount of jet fuel
  • The tanker collides with a Cypriot container ship
  • The fuel is pumped to undamaged sections of the tanker
RELATED TOPICS
  • Netherlands
  • North Sea

(CNN) -- The crew of a Greek tanker stopped a fuel leak after the vessel collided with a Cypriot container ship off the coast of the Netherlands Tuesday, the Dutch Coast Guard reported.

The jet fuel on board the damaged section of the Minodoro has pumped to other storage vaults within the tanker, according to the coast guard.

The Minodoro collided with the York Ranger about 32 kilometers (20 miles) from the port of Scheveningen.

CNN's Antonia Mortensen contributed to this story.