The tanker is located in the port of Ust-Luga/photographic
The explosions aboard the Russian tanker “Koala”. The crew managed to escape. The ship was stuck in the port of Ust-Luga west of St. Petersburg. The tanker was carrying fuel oil, said the Finnish public broadcaster.
To the detonation It happened Sunday morning. The Russian Maritime and River Transport Agency wrote on Telegram that “the detonation took place in the engine room” Koala oil tanker in the port of Ust-Luga west of Saint Petersburg, states AFP.
The crew escaped from the ship, but, as it was said, the detonation did not origin “a discharge of cargo or a spill of petroleum products”. There was besides no hazard of sinking the ship.
The Russians guarantee that the applicable services of the incidental under investigation.
Russia. Tanker explosions
Due to the failure of the Russian tanker, on which 3 explosions occurred, the Finnish Coast defender was put on alert – informs the broadcaster Yle there.
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According to the service, Vesselfinder tanker Koala, built in 2023 and flying the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, arrived in Ust-Luga on Thursday.
Russian channel Baza reported that the ship carries 130 000 tonnes of dense fuel oil.
Shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea
As AFP recalls, in January the United States identified more than 180 Russian ships, which they believe are part of Russian ‘shadow float’ exporting oil despite Western sanctions. Koala's not on that list.
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The Ukrainian safety services believe that they claimed through the fuel terminal in Ust-Luga "Russia sells oil and gas with the aid of 'shadow float'", the agency says. In January Ukrainian forces were to attack the terminal utilizing drones.
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