Gibraltar says heavy fuel yet to be removed from cargo ship

People relax on a beach in front of the stricken Tuvalu-registered OS 35 cargo ship that collided with a liquid natural gas carrier in the bay of Gibraltar (Marcos Moreno/AP)

Eighty percent of the diesel from a damaged and partly sunk bulk carrier ship has been removed, Gibraltar authorities said, though 180 tonnes of heavy fuel oils remains onboard.

The ship was ordered beached after colliding with another vessel on Monday in the bay of the British territory, located at the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.