Urgent sea accident: tanker in St. Petersburg with a crew to safety!
Urgent sea accident: tanker in St. Petersburg with a crew to safety!
A Russian oil tanker came in distress near the port of Ust-Luga, west of St. Petersburg. Governor Alexander Drosdenko confirmed the accident, which was caused by damage in the machine room when starting the engines. All 24 crew members were able to get to safety. While the tanker's rear ran onto a sandbar, the ship was ultimately attached to the investor. Fortunately, no oil has expired, which prevented a possible environmental disaster. The tanker drives under the flag of Antigua and Barbados, and it remains unclear whether it is part of the Russian "shadow fleet", which exports the oil, such as Zeitung reported.
accidents at sea
In the meantime, another incident occurred on the street of Gibraltar, where on December 3, a collision between the oil tanker Gloria Maris and the container ship HMM ST Petersburg took place. The collision occurred about 8.9 miles southeast of Algeciras, Spain. Both ships, which were equipped with a total of 49 crew members, suffered damage to the side structures, but fortunately there was no injuries and no risk of loss of oil. The Gloria Maris was on the way to Cartagena after she had previously unloaded 147,564 tons of crude oil. The HMM ST Petersburg operated on the Fe4 route between Nordchina and Northern Europe. After the collision, both ships were secured and transferred to the Algeciras Bay for further examination, such as Inspenet reported.The Maritime Security Authority in Algeciras announced that the inspections will continue to find out the exact causes of the collision. Both ships remain firmly anchored up to further studies, which underlines the importance of strict security measures on one of the most busy shipping routes in the world.
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