Tanker Damaged in Collision With Ro/Ro within the Netherlands

A tanker collided Friday with a Grimaldi Lines car service within the Westerschelde estuary in southern Netherlands close to the border with Belgium.

Some grainy video reveals the second the tanker, recognized because the Swiss-flagged MT Leonardo, struck the MV Grande Africa reportedly at about 14:45 p.m.

The tanker is reported to have sustained extreme injury within the collision and has been taken to Antwerp. A photograph the vessel posted here reveals some injury to port facet of the tanker.

The MV Grande Africa was not badly broken within the collision, stories say.

There have been no stories of air pollution or accidents.

Video of the collision (Warning: Volume):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdgRluTEm8c