Tanker burns after collision

A TANKER burst into flames yesterday after colliding with a container ship in a shipping channel off the coast of Dubai.

Two of the tanker’s crew who were pulled from the water suffered minor injuries but no one died, said Sarah Lockie, a spokeswoman for Dubai-based port operator DP World. The blaze has been extinguished.

The tanker struck a “feeder vessel”, a ship that shuttles cargo containers from big ports to smaller ones, about 8km from the Jebel Ali Port, Lockie said.