The crew of a chemical tanker has been rescued after an overnight collision with another vessel in the English Channel.

The chemical tanker Ece sustained “significant damage” and is leaking its cargo of phosphoric acid after colliding with the bulk carrier General Grot-Rowecki, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.

But it said the acid is not a pollution threat and would dissolve in the sea. The bulk carrier escaped with minor damage.

The collision took place halfway between the island of Guernsey and the British coast.

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