UPDATED: Missing oil tanker with 17 Georgians on board found off coast of Gabon

The Pantelena ship carrying 17 Georgians and two Russians, was declared missing by the Georgian foreign ministry last week. Screenshot from Africa News video.
 

Agenda.ge, 24 Aug 2018 - 14:40, Tbilisi,Georgia
Updated 
 
The lives and health of the sailors are not in danger and their condition is satisfactory, says Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and announces that the ship is on its way to the port of Lome in the republic of Togo.
 
We are in tight contact with the shipping company in order to provide the crew with their primary needs (drinking water, food and other),” said the ministry.
 
Earlier
 
A missing oil tanker with 17 Georgian citizens has been found off the coast of Gabon, writes African News, following released information from the Regional Center for Maritime Safety of Central Africa (CRESMAC), based in Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo.
 
The tanker with 7,000 tons of fuel was spotted by US satellites and has now been docked by the Gabonese Petroleum Storage Company at the port of Ovendo, says African News.
 
The Pantelena ship carrying 17 Georgians and two Russians, was declared missing by the Georgian foreign ministry last week.