“An explosion in the engine room. A Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea, an OSINT analyst revealed what it could be carrying December 24, 08:20 Share: Ursa Major vessel (Photo: Rosmorport) The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major sank in the western part of the Mediterranean Sea. As reported by the Spanish publication La Verdad, 14 crew members of the ship, which sank in international waters between Aguilas and Oran, were brought to the port of Cartagena on Monday evening by the rescue service”, — write on: ua.news
The ship Ursa Major (Photo: Rossmorport)
The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major sank in the western Mediterranean Sea.
As reported by the Spanish publication La Verdad, 14 crew members of the vessel, which sank in international waters between Aguilas and Oran, were brought to the port of Cartagena on Monday evening by the seamen’s rescue service. According to the publication’s sources, there was an explosion of equipment on the vessel, which caused it to capsize.
There were 16 crew members on the dry cargo ship Ursa Major – 14 sailors were brought to the port of Cartagena, two are considered missing. The ship was heading between St. Petersburg and Vladivostok.
According to The Maritime Executive, the explosion occurred in the engine room.
The ship was operated by a subsidiary of the Russian defense company Oboronlogistika, which is under sanctions.
The press release of the Oboronlogistics company stated that the vessel “embarked on another voyage to the Far East with a large project cargo as part of the implementation of state tasks regarding the development of port infrastructure and the Northern Sea Route.”
OSINT analyst Oliver Alexander reported on his page on the X social network that the Russian dry cargo was carrying two Liebherr mobile cranes for the port of Vladivostok, which is heavily loaded due to a lack of cranes, as well as two 45-ton hatches for the construction of a new project 10510 nuclear icebreaker.
“The loss of these cranes will seriously affect loading/unloading times in Vladivostok,” the analyst noted.
The loss of the hatches will significantly delay the construction of the icebreaker, according to the expert.
On December 15, two Russian tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, loaded with oil products, had an accident in the Kerch Strait.
On December 17, residents of the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation began to publish footage of beaches blackened by fuel oil and birds dying.
On December 21, it became known that the Russians had introduced a state of emergency “of a municipal character” in the occupied city of Kerch due to fuel oil spilling onto the shore.
On December 23, it was reported that fuel oil from Russian tankers that crashed in the Kerch Strait more than a week ago continues to leak, contaminating the already cleaned beaches of the Krasnodar Territory.