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Jan

German tug secures disabled oil tanker adrift in Baltic Sea

German rescue teams have managed to secure towing lines to a loaded oil tanker that lost the ability to manoeuvrer in the Baltic Sea near the German island of Rügen, authorities said on Friday. The stricken tanker Eventin, loaded with 99,000 tonnes of oil, will now be towed to an as-yet undetermined port by the …