Crude Oil in Black Sea

Serious environmental incident in the Black Sea. A tanker carrying 2,400 tonnes of Russian crude oil broke in two, a significant amount of fuel in the water was spilled.

A tanker with Russian on board a cargo of 2,400 tons of crude oil broke in two in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Black Sea Sea of Azov. The boat wasanchored and gave up because of extreme weather conditions, wave height exceeding five meters. Approximately 1,300 tons of oil

were discharged into the sea, according to AFP. All the bad weather made the rescue intervention to be extremely difficult, given that on board the tanker is owned company Volganeft and a crew of nine people.

SERIOUSLY. ”It is a very serious environmental disaster. Such a problem can be solved in a few years. Crude oil is a heavy substance, and now sinking sea floor, “said Oleg Mitvol, deputy director of the Russian agency fo renvironmental protection (Rosprirodnadzor) said on Vesti-24 television station.Mitvol warned that gusts of wind blow across the Ukrainian coastline direction and the incident should concern both Russia and Ukraine.

Another cargo, with the board and 11 people carrying sulfur, sank yesterday morning in the Kerch Strait. Crew members were rescued. Authorities entered the port of Kavkaz alert Max. Desperate efforts were made ​​to recover the oil tanker anchored half Russian, who came adrift. The operation involved three tugs, two Russian and one Ukrainian, who caught up with ropes to stop the boat moving forward. Also yesterday, four boats were wrecked in the Kerch Strait. The worst is that three of them were loaded with sulfur, increasing the potential environmental disaster area.

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