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A Panamanian tanker was seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia Saturday morning, according to the European Union Naval Force Somalia, which escorts ships traveling near the Somali coast.

Pirates seize a tanker with a crew of 18 Filipinos in the southern Red Sea, the EU's naval force in the area says.

The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday it was responding to a tanker collision in the Gulf of Mexico 40 miles offshore Texas, which resulted in an 18,000 gallon oil spill.

At least one tanker truck crashed Wednesday on Interstate 75 just north of Detroit, Michigan, sending billowing flames and clouds of smoke into the air and causing an overpass to collapse.

Pirates have seized two European-owned tankers off the coast of Somalia in the past day, Nato shipping officials say.