In the Black Sea Water area, Almuntazah tanned with hundreds of tons of fuel oil under the flag of the Comoros. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to emergency services.
The incident occurred five kilometers from the Iron Horn Cape on Sunday night, January 23. On board the ship owned by the UK, more than 700 tons of fuel oil. There are no victims, the crew as part of seven Russian citizens is evacuated on the British tug, under the flag of Moldova.
Multifunctional rescue courts “Demidov” and Mercury “arrived from the port of Novorossiysk. Now the tanker is on anchor parking, deck lighting, navigation lights and a generator in working condition. According to the crew, the engine compartment is crashed, there are automatic fire extinguishing systems.
In emergency services, added that as of 6:00 there is no visual signs of fire. The question is being worked out with the shipowner about landing emergency party to the ship. 27 people and three units of technology are attracted to the exaggeration.
Earlier, the explosion occurred on the oil tanker “Semen Dejnev” in the water area of the Lena River in the Irkutsk region near the settlement of Petropavlovskoye. Two members of the crew of the vessel were injured. The tanker himself did not lose the course, there was no spill of petroleum products in the sea. The Ministry of Emergency Situations were not attracted, since the explosion did not follow the explosion.