Annia -tanker event in front of Rügen: dragging the towing campaign!

A maneuverable oil tanker, the "event", is currently driving off the coast of the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea and ensures concern with regard to maritime security. The 274-meter-long tanker, which drives under Panama flag, has 99,000 tons of oil on board. He was on the way from Ust-Luga (Russia) to Port Said (Egypt) when there was a power and machine failure.

The towing campaign, which is carried out for security purposes, is expected to take about eight hours. The towing association moves at a speed of 1 to 2 knots (1.85 - 3.7 km/h) and has to cover a distance of almost 25 kilometers. A team of experts has already spent three hours to distribute the load on the tugs evenly, such as Deutschlandfunk reported.

coordination by emergency tractor and federal police

In addition, four sailors were roped to the “eventin” with a helicopter from the federal police and in turn. With the storm and waves of up to 2.5 meters up to 2.5 meters, two additional ships, the "VB Bremen" and the "VB Luca", were called to support. An emergency tractor, the "Baltic", was laid near Darßer place in order to be able to help faster if necessary.

The accident command is in contact with the shipping company and plans the further steps. The condition of the tanker previously seems stable, no oil pollution has been found. Nevertheless, Environment Minister Till Backhaus commented on the ships of the Russian shadow fleet, which also affects the "event", such as