STOWAWAYS FOUND ON A SHIP’S RUDDER IN CANARY ISLANDS
Three men are photographed on an oil tanker anchored in the port of the Canary Islands, Spain, on Monday. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued the stowaways travelling on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria. The men were found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port. They appeared to have symptoms of dehydration and hypothermia and were transferred to hospitals on the island for medical attention. According to the Marinetraffic website which tracks ships, the Malta-flagged vessel left Lagos, Nigeria, on November 17 and arrived in Las Palmas onmonday.