Libya plans tanker sale

Morning Glory to be sold.

Libya plans to sell tanker used in attempt to export oil, bypassing state company

BY AHMAD ELHAMY

Libya plans to sell a tanker that a former rebel group used in an attempt to bypass the Libyan government and export oil on its own last year, the Tripoli-based state prosecutor said on Thursday.

The group had loaded crude on the “Morning Glory” at the eastern port of Es Sider and sailed in March 2014. U.S. Navy SEALs stopped the tanker off Cyprus and returned it to Tripoli.

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Source: uk.reuters.com