In Kerch Strait, 25 Tons Of Oil Mixture After Crash Of Tankers Were Collected In Kerch Strait

Morspasseria experts during the liquidation of emergencies in the Kerch Strait water area gathered 25 tons of the oil oil mixture. This was reported in the telegram channel of the opera staff of the Krasnodar Territory on Monday, January 6th

“The spots of oil products in the water were found during the control flying of the water area near the coast of Anapa on January 5, the results were confirmed by the monitoring, which was carried out from the boat. All data was transferred to the Morspassella, which on the night of January 5 to 6 began to collect oil products and processing sorbents oil spots.

It is noted that the detected oil spots are treated with sorbents, which will eliminate pollution in water and prevent the release of oil products ashore.

In total, experts examined more than a thousand square kilometers of the water area, processed – about 36 thousand square meters.

In the Kerch Strait, on December 15, tankers crashed with fuel oil “Volgonft 212” and “Volgonft 239”, a fuel spill occurred. Oil products carried ashore, pollution stretched by more than 60 km.

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, during the crash of tankers, four tanks with oil products were damaged, about 2.4 thousand tons of fuel oil hit the sea. In total, more than 102 thousand tons of sand with fuel oil were taken off the coast of the Kuban.

On December 25, the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev introduced the emergency mode in the region. On December 26, the Government Commission, chaired by the head of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, Alexander Kurenkov, decided to introduce the federal level emergency.