Tunisia's president is attempting to restrict hydrocarbon leaks into the sea following a fuel tanker sink. Tunisia's President, Kais Saied, has asked the navy to control the environmental impact of a sunken fuel ship in order to avoid potential disasters, according to a Defense Ministry statement.

"All available measures will be harnessed, in collaboration and consultation with authorities and regional committees, to tackle disasters in order to prevent the leaking of hydrocarbons into the sea," according to a statement released by the ministry on Sunday.

As per reports, a number of countries have expressed their wish to help contain the damage. On Friday evening, a merchant ship carrying about 750 tonnes of petroleum capsized off the coast of Gabes in southeastern Tunisia, with all seven crew members saved.

The crew of an Equatorial Guinea-flagged vessel travelling from Egypt to Malta requested entrance to Tunisian seas due to inclement weather seven miles (11 kilometres) off the Gabes coast, stating that water had leaked into the engine room to a depth of two metres.

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