Russian tanker accident. Areas contaminated with oil products found again in Crimea
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Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:01:00 +0200
Fuel oil from Russian tankers pollutes CrimeaDuring monitoring in the Kerch city district, in the area of the city beach Arshintsevskaya Spit, minor contamination of a sandy area 1.8 km long was detected.
In the Leninsky district near Lake Tobechik, the total length of contamination is 2.1 km.
According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, about 150 people and 48 pieces of equipment are involved in the elimination of the consequences of the environmental disaster.
Specialists are cleaning the area and removing the soil.
2.4 thousand tons of petroleum products entered the Black Sea due to a tanker disaster, the Russian Ministry of Transport reported.The emergency in the Kerch Strait is the worlds first accident with heavy top fuel oil of the M100 brand.
because it sinks to the bottom or floats in the water column.
Therefore, the main method is collection from the coastline, when the fuel oil is dumped into the coastal zone.Russian tanker accident what is knowOn December 15, two Russian tankers, Volgoneft212 and Volgoneft239, were damaged in the Kerch Strait due to a severe storm.
And just a few days later, another tanker accident occurred near the port of Kavkaz in the Black Sea.
It became known about the leak of fuel oil into the Black Sea and the pollution of the coast of the Krasnodar Territory.
It is noted that the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait caused significant environmental consequences.
Fuel oil may reach the Sea of Azov.
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