BENGHAZI, Libya - Several eastern Libyan oil ports including Es Sider and Ras Lanuf have closed due to bad weather, a port engineer said on Wednesday.

A tanker had been trying to dock at the Es Sider terminal, but was unable to load, the engineer said.

The airport in the main eastern city of Benghazi has also closed due to heavy rain, an airport source said.

(Reporting by Ayman al-Warfalli; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Mark Potter) ((Ulf.Laessing@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: follow me on twitter @ulflaessing))