Spain's coastguard was searching for two missing fishermen on Tuesday following a collision involving a tanker.

The 6,600-dwt Midvolga-2 (built 2014), operated by Middle Volga Shipping of Moscow, and a boat named as El Fairell came into contact with each other three miles from Barcelona, local media said.

A Senegalese seafarer and a Moroccan mechanic in their 30s were said to be missing, while the skipper and his son were saved.

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