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| Fuel oil spill from the stern of the tanker Volganeft-239 off the coast of Taman | |
| 2025-01-11 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A discharge of oil products from the stern of the tanker Volganeft-239 in the Temryuk district was detected. This was announced in the Telegram channel of the operational headquarters of Kuban on Friday, January 10. It is noted that the emission occurred from the part of the vessel that was washed aground off the coast of the village of Taman. "Monitoring groups have discovered that oil products have started leaking from the vessel. The extent of the damage is currently unknown. Marine Rescue Service specialists are on board the vessel to determine this," the publication says. In addition, it is claimed that marine rescue service employees have begun localizing the spill, and the Krasnodar Territory operational headquarters has sent the necessary forces and resources there. The Russian Ministry of Transport also stated that they had sent five vessels and a coastal rescue service with equipment and special machinery to eliminate the oil spill covering an area of approximately 2.8 thousand square meters. “It will be quickly localized using boom barriers and then removed from the sea surface using biosorbent... Divers will additionally inspect the stern of the tanker underwater,” the department reported. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on December 15, during a storm in the Kerch Strait area, the tankers Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 sank, resulting in an oil spill. On December 26, a federal emergency situation was declared in Krasnodar Krai. On January 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin called efforts to eliminate the spill in Kuban insufficient. He also ordered a plan to raise sunken tankers with fuel oil. A unified headquarters of volunteers helping to clean up the Black Sea coast from the fuel oil spill has also opened in Anapa. More than 10,000 volunteers are working to eliminate the pollution, saving sea animals, birds and cleaning up the coast. On Thursday, Putin also thanked the volunteers involved in the cleanup of the fuel oil spill following the tanker crash in the Black Sea. He noted that he hoped officials would show no less responsibility in the cleanup. Related from regnum.ru A tanker with 99,000 tons of oil that has lost control is drifting in the Baltic Sea A tanker that has lost control and is carrying almost 100,000 tons of oil is drifting in the Baltic Sea, off the coast of the German island of Rügen. This was reported on January 10 by the press service of the German Maritime Emergency Command. "The tanker Eventin, under the flag of Panama, was drifting at low speed on Friday afternoon in the coastal waters of the Baltic Sea, north of Rügen, unable to maneuver. According to available information, the tanker was loaded with approximately 99,000 tons of oil," the statement said. It is noted that the evacuation of the crew is not required. The command has assumed control of the operation. A multi-purpose vessel, an emergency tug and a towing team have been sent to the tanker, and an aircraft has been sent to obtain additional information. The press service added that there is no threat of oil leakage from the tanker. A decision on its transportation to one of the German ports will be made in the near future. According to Bild, the ship loaded oil in the Russian port of Ust-Luga and was heading to the Egyptian Port Said.
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