The Governor of the Leningrad Region told details of the incident with a fuel oil tanker

A fuel oil-laden tanker in the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Region had an engine failure, resulting in damage to the engine room. This was reported by the governor of the region Alexander Drozdenko on February 9.

"In the morning of February 9 in the port of Ust-Luga at the tanker "Koala" in the port of Ust-Luga there was a technogenic incident during the start of the engine, as a result of which the engine room was damaged," he wrote in his Telegram-channel.

It is noted that the tanker is currently moored at the berth, and there is no threat of oil spillage. The tanker crew has been evacuated, there are no casualties, Drozdenko said.

At the moment the engine room is being examined and the causes of the accident are being established.

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Another 300 tons of fuel oil spilled after the disaster in the Black Sea are planned to be pumped out next week.

Earlier in the day it was reported that the tanker with 130 thousand tons of fuel oil on board was sinking in the port of Ust-Luga. According to the Izvestiya source, divers are to arrive at the scene of the accident for underwater inspection of the tanker.