Missing tanker with Georgian, Russian crew found off Gabon

The oil tanker ‘Pantelena’ flying the Panamanian flag, which went missing off Gabon’s coast on August 14, has been spotted by the multinational coordination center in Pointe Noire, Congo, TASS reported. The ship was taken to Gabon’s port of Owendo, according an Africanews report. It said the 121m tanker carrying about 7,000 tons of fuel, with 19 crew members – 17 Georgian and two Russian nationals – was spotted while patrolling the maritime area in the Gulf of Guinea. There was no information about the crew’s health condition and why there had been no contact with the vessel.