Another Russian tanker crashed in the Kerch Strait, connecting the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. “Oil products have settled on tens of kilometers of the coast,” said the governor of Krasnodar Krai, Veniamin Kondratyev.
On Tuesday, the Volgoneft 109 tanker suffered a breakdown. Transported 4 thousand tons of fuel oil. The tanker was damaged in the Kerch Strait, connecting the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. In the same place two other tankers broke down on Sunday: Volgoneft 212 broke in half and Volgoneft 239 ran aground.
As a result of Sunday's accident, fuel oil was leaked into the sea. Russian media report that over 3,000 may have ended up in the Kerch Strait. tons of a substance that poses a serious threat to the environment. The total amount of fuel transported on both tankers damaged on Sunday was approximately 9,000. tone.
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Pollution on beaches
On Tuesday, the independent website “Moscow Times” reported that some of the oil pollution had settled on the coast in Krasnodar Krai, near the resort of Anapa.
The portal published photos showing law enforcement services removing oil stains from beaches. “Oil products have settled on tens of kilometers of the coast,” said the governor of the Krasnodar Krai, Veniamin Kondratyev, on Telegram.
Reuters and independent media reported that Volgoneft 212, Volgoneft 239 and Volgoneft 109 are old ships, built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Meanwhile, the Russian section of Radio Svoboda recalled that in November 2007, during a strong storm five ships sank, one of which spilled over a thousand tons of fuel oil into the sea, and from three a total of seven tons of granulated sulfur.
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