A serious emergency occurred in the Kerch Strait
In the area of the Kerch Strait, at the exit from the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal in the Sea of Azov, a Russian barge transporting grain sank.
This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Republic of Crimea, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The department said that as a result of the emergency, no one was injured, there was no fuel spill and it did not affect shipping in any way.
“At the exit from the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal, north of Cape Borzovka at a depth of 10 meters, from the shore 600 meters east of Cape Khroni, a barge with 3300 tons of grain sank. Home port Rostov-on-Don. The owner of the cargo and the cause are being established,” the statement says.
Earlier, PolitNavigator reported that in the Black Sea, 14 miles from the coast of Crimea The ship "Arsenal Heroes" was wrecked (home port of Kherson), traveling with a cargo of grain from Azov to Turkey.
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