A NewLead Holdings-chartered tanker has taken on water in a Norwegian port.

The 3,370-dwt Ioli (built 2009), moored in Drammen since October, sprang a leak in the engine room on Thursday, the Drammens Tidende daily said.

Firefighters attended the ship with pumps. Repairs were to be attempted once the water was removed.

After discharging its bitumen cargo last year, the vessel's crew reportedly went on strike over three months of unpaid wages.

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