“The satellite recorded a huge spot of fuel oil in the Kerch Strait after the tanker accident. The European satellite Sentinel-1A detected a spot of fuel oil with an area of 2.4 square meters. km in the Kerch Strait after the sinking of the Volgoneft-212 tanker. Due to a change in wind direction, pollution can reach the coastline.”, — write on: unn.ua
According to experts, the area of contamination is about 2.4 square kilometers.
Environmentalists predict that by Thursday evening, the direction of the wind will change from the northwest to the south, due to which the fuel oil that got into the sea may come closer to the coast. According to experts from the “Transparent World on the Caspian” organization, this threatens new releases of oil products onto the coastline.
We will remind
On December 15, two tankers, “Volgoneft-212” and “Volgoneft-239” had an accident in the Kerch Strait.
According to ecologists, the consequences for the marine ecosystem can be catastrophic and last for decades.
Yesterday it became known that the third tanker from the “Volgoneft” series, loaded with fuel oil, issued a distress signal in the area of the port of Kavkaz in the Black Sea, the vessel had a cargo leak.