One vessel’s prow breaks off and another craft runs aground in Kerch Strait off Crimea
A Russian tanker broke apart during a heavy storm in the Black Sea on Sunday, spilling some of its 4,300 tonne-cargo of fuel oil in what could potentially be one of the region’s largest environmental disasters in several years. The Volgodonsk 212 carrier came apart about 8km from the shore and its prow sank during bad weather in the Kerch Strait, which separates the east coast of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula from mainland Russia.
The crew were remaining on the second tanker as of Sunday evening owing to bad weather. Emergency services said the damaged ship had “everything essential for primary disaster relief” on board. Officials told Russian newswire Interfax that they were investigating a possible error by the crew and storm damage as the reasons for the beaching.
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