In the Pacific Ocean off the Kuril island of Simushir, a tanker has lost steam

In the Pacific Ocean near the Kuril island of Simushir the tanker "Mercury" with 19 crew members lost its way because of the main engine stoppage. This was reported on December 18 in the Main Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Sakhalin region.

"In the Pacific Ocean, 50 kilometers northeast of the island of Simushir, as a result of the stoppage of the main engine lost a move tanker "Mercury". On board the ship are 19 crew members, there is no threat to the life of the crew," - stated in the message of the agency.

It is noted that to the emergency vessel from the port of Korsakov came out of the rescue ship "Rubin" marine rescue service to tow the "Mercury" to the port.

Earlier, on December 15, tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239" suffered a disaster in the Kerch Strait due to bad weather. As a result, there was a spill of oil products. The tankers ran aground.

The first vessel evacuated 13 people: one of them died, 11 were injured. All 14 crew members were evacuated from the tanker Volgoneft-239 on Monday. Two criminal cases were opened over the incident, one of which was reclassified as more serious because of the death of a sailor.

Governor of the Krasnodar region Veniamin Kondratiev said that after the oil spill in four settlements of the Kuban introduced a state of high alert. Later, on December 17, he specified that after the accident with two tankers fuel oil was carried ashore for dozens of kilometers, two municipalities of the region introduced a state of emergency. Specialists have determined the algorithm of cleaning works.