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Meeting of the government commission for coordinating work to eliminate the consequences of the emergency caused by the sinking of tankers in the Kerch Strait
The event was chaired by the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission – Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov.
At the meeting, Alexander Kurenkov reported that the Ministry of Emergency Situations continues daily monitoring of the situation in the emergency zone and will control it until the consequences of the accident are completely eliminated.
The situation in the area where the sunken ship fragments are located remains stable; no fuel oil leaks from the tanks have been recorded.
“The sunken fragments of tankers are constantly examined by divers, the bottom is monitored in a kilometer-long zone from the coast using remotely controlled vehicles, and space monitoring technologies, drones, and patrol groups of rescuers on boats are used to monitor the situation in the water area,” the minister emphasized.
Transport Minister Roman Starovoit reported the completion of the investigation into the causes of the tanker wrecks in the Kerch Strait. Two Rostransnadzor commissions with the participation of experts from the Ministry of Transport and Rosmorrechflot have completed their investigation into the causes of the wrecks of the Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 tankers.
“The main reasons for the accidents, according to the commission’s conclusion, are the failure of ship captains and ship owners to comply with the restrictions on the season of navigation of ships in the sea areas of the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait. In addition, the ship crews were not staffed with qualified personnel in accordance with the legal acts of the Ministry of Transport of Russia. The investigation materials will be transferred to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation,” noted Roman Starovoit.
Based on the results of the investigation, the Rostransnadzor commission also prepared a number of proposals for organizational and legal measures that will help avoid similar accidents, including the introduction of preventive monitoring of the implementation by ships of the restrictions established for them by season and navigation areas and inspection periods.
In turn, the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources has calculated the damage to the environment caused by the sinking of tankers in the Black Sea.
“The total amount of claims presented to the polluters was 84,943,948,679 rubles. The amount of calculated damages in relation to the owner of the tanker Volgoneft-212, Kama Shipping LLC, was 49,460,085,849 rubles. In relation to Volgatransneft CJSC, which is the owner of the tanker Volgoneft-239, the amount of damage caused to the Black Sea was 35,483,862,830 rubles. The companies that were presented with claims have one month to voluntarily compensate for the damages. After this period, the claims will be sent to court,” said Svetlana Radionova, head of Rosprirodnadzor.
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