Russia's TASS news agency reported on Tuesday that a third tanker sent out a distress call off the Black Sea coast, but its hull was still intact, Reuters reported. There was no oil spill and the crew members were safe.
RIA news agency reported that the tanker Volgoneft 109 was safely anchored near the Caucasus port in the Kerch Strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Earlier, two other Russian tankers were also damaged in the storm at the same location.
A tanker breaks down in the Kerch Strait. large amount of oil leak
The first ship, Volgoneft 212, broke in two on Sunday. The second ship, Volgoneft 239, ran aground 80 meters from the coast near Taman Port on the eastern side of the strait. The vessels are more than 50 years old and carry a total of about 62,000 barrels of oil products, TASS reported, raising concerns that this could be the region's worst environmental disaster in years. is increasing.
Certificates obtained by Reuters showed the third tanker was built in 1973 and was part of the same aging fleet.
Veniamin Kondratyev, governor of the southern region of Krasnodar, said a fuel oil leak was discovered along the coast between the cities of Temryuk and Anapa.
– While monitoring the coastline this morning, fuel oil stains were discovered. Petroleum products reportedly washed ashore dozens of kilometers away. Officials said a local state of emergency had been declared in four towns in Temryuk County and one village in Anapa County due to the oil spill on the coastline.
Black Sea. There are tar stains on the beach. oil leaked into the sea
Video released by Zvezda TV showed a black, oil-like substance along Anapa's coastline, and tar-like dirt along a beach dotted with tree branches. Meanwhile, footage broadcast by Wisti news agency showed several oil-covered birds flapping their wings and attempting to take flight.
The Kerch Strait is an important export route for Russian grain and fuel products. Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology announced on Monday that fuel oil had leaked into the sea, but the scale of the leak was still unknown.
Natural Resources and Ecology Minister Alexander Kozlov said some of the fuel oil may have sunk to the seabed due to low temperatures. Sunday's accident killed one crew member of Volgoneft 212, but all 14 crew members of Volgoneft 239 were rescued.
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