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Russian Oil Tanker Splits in Half |
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Written by Staff Writer
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Nov 11, 2007 at 03:21 PM |
A Russian oil tanker split in half during a storm in the Kerch close between the Azov and the Black Sea, dumping an estimated 1000 to 1200 tons of fuel oil, Russian media reported Sunday.
The weather conditions remain harsh, which hinders efforts for the disaster, as the rescue of the vessel 13 crew members, whose life is in danger, not at the moment, Russian Vesti news channel said.
"This is a problem that takes a few years to resolve. Fuel oil is a heavy substance, and is now sinking of the seabed," an official of the Russian state environmental protection agency Rosprirodnadzor was cited.
The thought of being tanker carrying fuel oil from the southern Russian city of Samara on the Volga to a port in Ukraine.
Another tanker, with identical specifications and from the same company, Volganeft, is reported to have developed a gap and efforts were made to the voorttrekken the close.
The heavy storms also sank a freighter, carrying more than 2300 tons of sulfur.
Although the sulfur in an inert state and danger to the environment, ship fuel, the Russian officials said.
Some 50 ships waiting at the end of the storm to close the road, so that the environmental clean-up crews do their work. |
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Last Updated ( Nov 11, 2007 at 03:22 PM )
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