Court arrests captain of tanker wrecked in the Black Sea for two months

The court arrested for two months the captain of the tanker "Volgoneft-212", which crashed in the Kerch Strait. This is reported on Thursday, December 19, the correspondent of "Izvestia" from the courtroom.

Tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239", loaded with fuel oil, crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15.

As a result of the rescue operation it was possible to evacuate both crews - 27 people. One sailor from the Volgoneft-212 vessel was killed, the Emergencies Ministry said.

According to the IC, both tankers were tested for suitability for the transportation of dangerous goods in July this year.

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The day before it was reported that two captains of oil tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239" were charged under Part 1 of Article 263 and Part 2 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, respectively ("Violation of the rules of safety and operation of maritime transport, resulting in the death of a crew member on one of the vessels").

On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev instructed the Ministry of Nature, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Emergency Situations to develop and submit a plan to eliminate the consequences of the accident with tankers in the Kerch Strait by December 23.

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

Andrei Potakhov, acting head of the Emergency Situations Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Krasnodar Krai, said that the fuel oil spilled in pockets and the cleanup of the contaminated areas is complicated by the storm, which brings oil products from the sea.