Shocking AhBoon | 13 Nov 2007 03:47 pm
Fatal Black Sea storm Spilt Oil Tanker into Half
An environmental disaster began to unfold in southern Russia on Monday as tens of thousands of oil-slicked seabirds and globules of heavy oil dotted the shoreline, a day after at least 11 ships, including a small oil tanker, sank or broke apart in a fierce storm
The oil tanker Volgoneft-139 split in half and spilled more than 1,000 tons of fuel oil, and environmentalists expressed concern that the effects of the spill would last for years. All of its crew were rescued.
Three other cargo ships, each carrying more than 2,000 tons of sulphur, also sank in the Kerch Strait, authorities said. Two of them — the Volnogorsk and the Nakhichevan — were already sinking when the third, the Kovel, hit the Volnogorsk and went down, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
News Source [CNN]
Technorati Tags: Black Sea, Russia, Storm, Oil Tanker, Cargo, Vessal, Volgoneft, Kerch, Strait
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on 13 Nov 2007 at 5:32 pm 1.99buckets » Fatal Black Sea storm Spilt Oil Tanker into Half said …
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on 15 Nov 2007 at 2:11 am 3.Kuvia Mustanmeren myrskyistä - Hilavitkutin.com - Uutisia tekniikasta, ilmiöistä ja hilavitkuttimista said …
[...] Mustalla merellä myrskysi muutama päivä sitten hurjasti. Sen jälkeen kymmenet tuhannet öljynpeittämät linnut rantautuivat öljylauttojen siivittäminä. Ainakin 11 laivaa upposi tai hajosi paloihin myrskyssä. Volgoneft-139 -tankkeri katkesi ja 1000 tonnia öljyä pääsi mereen. Miehistö saatiin pelastettua. Öljykatastrofi muistuttaa tapahtumasta vielä vuosia. Lisäksi kolme laivaa, upposivat täydessä 2000 tonnin rikkilastissa. Hurjia kuvia myrskystä löytyy osoitteesta: ahboon.net. [...]
on 15 Nov 2007 at 4:14 pm 4.keeyit said …
Gosh.. One word = Terrible !
on 16 Nov 2007 at 4:19 am 5.xxx said …
And camera is?
on 22 Nov 2007 at 4:48 am 6.redneck said …
awesome picture, and horrible too
on 03 Dec 2007 at 2:02 am 7.mIcheLLe said …
*shock* wow… so surreal.. 0_0
on 13 Dec 2007 at 12:38 am 8.solarium said …
holy christ! crazy scary pictures
on 20 May 2008 at 9:48 am 9.Sue Roggero said …
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Could you email me back on suer@atse.org.au.
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Kind regards
Sue Roggero