Fishing and shipping vessel collision off Dakhla : Five sailors rescued and 11 missing

Foreign cargo vessel Montelaura hit, on Thursday, fishing trawler Al Akhawayn, about 60 km to the west of Dakhla city port, said the local authorities of the wilaya of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region.

Five sailors who were aboard the trawler were rescued while all necessary means were mobilized to search for 11 sailors considered missing, the same source added.