A Danish chemical tanker has been quarantined at the port of Algeciras, Spain after two of its crew members tested positive for the coronavirus.
Uni-Tankers’ 5,700-dwt Samus Swan (built 2009) was ballasting from Nigeria to Algeciras and Gibraltar as the 13 Filipino and East European seafarers aboard were scheduled for a crew change.
Before arriving at the Spanish port at the beginning of this week, nine of the crew members took a rapid test as precaution and the results showed seven may have been infected with Covid-19.
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