据报道，一艘埃及船只在红海亚喀巴海洋保护区搁浅。

据《国家报》报道，约旦当局目前正在评估该地区浅水区珊瑚礁受到的损害。

亚喀巴是约旦唯一通往大海的出口。

这是在亚喀巴发生的第二次与环境有关的事件，上个月，同一家埃及公司经营的一艘类似船只泄漏燃油，污染了部分珊瑚礁。

一些当地潜水员称这是几十年来发生的最严重的泄漏事件。

约旦官方通讯社提到，一艘从埃及启航的货船在进入约旦领海时意外搁浅。

报道称，在拖走船只后，已派遣潜水员前往事故现场评估环境损害。

亚喀巴的一名官员确认，这艘船是1990年建造的普通货船“莲花号”(Lotus)。

国际船级社反映莲花号是由埃及Sea Gate Managemen运营的。

该公司经营着“海洋之花”号，约旦当局称，该船在亚喀巴湾水域至少泄漏了11吨燃油。

这次泄漏破坏了亚喀巴的珊瑚礁，并大部分被冲向了构成海洋保护区的南部海岸线。

约旦有关当局提到，溢油扩散到邻国。

亚喀巴海洋保护区约占约旦海岸线的一半，绵延26公里。

该官员报告说，该船被拖到亚喀巴港进行调查。

这位官员明确表示，在检查之前，任何人都不允许靠近这艘船。

据报道，这个海洋保护区是在过去几年里开辟出来的，目的是试图结束因建设而造成的几十年的污染以及对亚喀巴珊瑚礁的严重损耗和破坏。

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英文原文

An Egyptian-operated vessel has reportedly run aground in the Aqaba Marine Reserve on the Red Sea. The Jordanian authorities are now assessing the damages to the coral reef in the area’s shallow waters, per The National.

This is the second environment-related incident to take place in Aqaba, the only outlet Jordan has that leads to the sea, in the last month, when a similar vessel operated by the same Egyptian firm spilt fuel oil, polluting parts of the coral reef. Some local divers referred to it as the worst spill to have happened in decades.

The official Jordanian news agency mentioned that a cargo vessel sailing from Egypt unexpectedly ran aground as it was entering the territorial waters of Jordan.

It said divers had been dispatched to the accident site to assess environmental damage after towing the vessel.

An official in Aqaba identified the vessel as the Lotus, a general cargo vessel built in 1990.

The International Register of Shipping reflects that the Lotus is operated by Sea Gate Management, an Egyptian firm.

It operates the Flower of Sea, the same class of vessel that the authorities of Jordan said had spilt at least 11 tonnes of fuel oil in the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba.

The spill impaired the coral reef in Aqaba and largely washed onto the southern shoreline that forms the marine reserve.

The relevant Jordanian authorities mentioned that the spill spread to neighbouring nations.

The Aqaba Marine Reserve comprises about half of Jordan’s coastline, stretching 26 kilometres.

The official reported that the vessel was towed to the Aqaba port for investigation.

The official specified that no one is permitted to come close to the vessel pending the inspection.

The marine reserve was reportedly carved out over the last few years to try to end the significant depletion of fish and the destruction of Aqaba’s coral reef from decades of pollution and construction.

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