New fuel oil emissions discovered in Temryuk district of Kuban

Fine fraction fuel oil emissions discovered during monitoring of the coastline are being cleaned up in the Temryuk district, the Krasnodar Territory operational headquarters reported.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote earlier, on July 18, several kilometers of the coast in the Temryuk district were polluted with new emissions of fuel oil.

Authorities rushed to dismantle protective embankments on Anapa beaches

"Clumps of oil products ranging in size from 3 to 10 centimeters were discovered during evening monitoring of the Temryuk district coastline on July 22. The length of the emissions in the area of the Volna settlement is about 1 km, in the area of the Artyushchenko settlement - about 3-4 km. The cleanup was organized in the evening and resumed in the morning of July 23," the message in the telegram channel of the operational headquarters.

Oil products from the tanker continue to flow into the sea

The sunken tanker Volgoneft-212 continues to pollute the Black Sea with oil products, a representative of Rosprirodnadzor said during a court hearing that began today in the Arbitration Court of Krasnodar Krai. The sunken vessel completely sank under water with eight tanks of oil products, some of which were destroyed during the crash, and some sank to the bottom.

When the judge asked a clarifying question about whether there was a leak from all the tanks, the representative of Rosprirodnadzor gave an affirmative answer. "There is no survey that would allow us to determine how many kilograms of water entered the tanks and how they mixed with oil products. It is known that all the oil products entered the sea - some during the sinking, and some are still entering the water area," Interfax quotes the official as saying.

The court is considering a claim by Rosprirodnadzor to recover 49.46 billion rubles from the owner of the vessel, the company Kamatransoil, as well as from the merchant charterer Kama Shipping, in connection with environmental damage to the Black Sea, TASS clarifies.

According to the agency's representative, within the framework of the law, the ship owner is obliged to initiate the raising of sunken objects, including by developing design documentation, obtaining permits and carrying out the relevant operations. However, during the entire period after the accident, according to the supervisory authority, Kamatransoil did not take any action, thereby contributing to the continued pollution of the environment.

The defendants did not appear at the hearing and did not present their position regarding the dispute.

Recall that Rospotrebnadzor recognized 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk district as unsuitable for recreation. Signs with information about the ban on swimming have been installed there, and announcements about this are also displayed on video screens in different areas of Anapa.

In addition, government officials patrol the coastal areas and ask vacationers not to visit these places. When checking into hotels and sanatoriums, tourists are required to sign written notices about the ban on swimming and health risks.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences. Details can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".

Materials about the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".