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A ferry bound for Ibiza suffered a crash on Wednesday night, raising fears about the safety of the fleet.

On July 11, the ship Don Pedro, part of the Iscomar line, collided with the island of Daus en route from Valencia to Ibiza and sunk beneath the waves with 150 tonnes of fuel on board.

Technicians have worked constantly since then to extract the spillage from the waters using specialist divers and cleaning vessels like the one shown in the photo.

This week, the Carmen del Mar ferry, also one of the Iscomar fleet and based in Dénia, crashed into one of the lighted buoys installed to guide ships to their destination at night.

The accident happened in the Es Freus strait between Ibiza and Formentera, although the company has not confirmed whether there were any p***engers on board at the time.

Ibiza and Formentera’s naval division has ordered the Carmen del Mar to be taken off the water and analysed to ascertain the cause of the collision, even though it appears that there was no threat to nor loss of life.

A spokesperson from Iscomar says the organisation is specifically worried about p***enger safety and the risk of causing sea pollution if an accident mirroring that of the Don Pedro were to occur again.