A repeated spill of fuel oil from a tanker was localized near Taman

Near the coast of Taman settlement it was possible to localize a repeated spill of fuel oil from the tanker Volganeft-239 and prevent a massive spill of oil products. This was reported on January 15 by remote sensing specialist Sergei Stanichnyy.

"It spilled a bit, but we managed to cover everything with booms. We managed to block [the fuel oil spill]," TASS quoted the specialist as saying.

This part of the vessel ran aground in the Temryuksky area last week, then from the stern of the tanker "Volgoneft-239" found a new leak of fuel oil. Employees of the Morspass Service eliminated the consequences of the spill.

Before that, on January 13, in the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region reported that in the Black Sea at the stern of the tanker "Volgoneft-239" heavy machinery began to clean up oil products. It is reported that the collected mixture of oil products and water is further taken to special enterprises for further utilization.

Tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239" due to bad weather crashed in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024. The incident resulted in a spill of oil products. 27 people were evacuated from both vessels, one person died. On the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a working group was set up to coordinate the work to eliminate the consequences of the emergency.

January 2, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Transport said that 2.4 thousand tons of oil products had fallen into the Black Sea after the crash of the tankers. Later, on January 3, an oil slick was found in Sevastopol at the entrance to Balaklava Bay. The next day, the fuel oil moved northward along the Crimean coast, and Sevastopol declared a regional state of emergency.