Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December. Volgoneft-239 ran aground following the storm, while Volgoneft-212 sank.
My understanding was that they were really never intended to be used in the open sea and probably hadn’t been maintained very well either.
I mean, I know that you’re referring to the Clarke and Dawe skit, but seriously, Russia has been averaging losing more than an oil tanker a month.
Those are different ships. The BBC story is about two oil tankers sinking in the Kerch Strait diving Crimea from Russia. This ship however sank in Ust-Luga, which is the Baltic Sea near St Petersburg.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23ngk5vgmpo
My understanding was that they were really never intended to be used in the open sea and probably hadn’t been maintained very well either.
I mean, I know that you’re referring to the Clarke and Dawe skit, but seriously, Russia has been averaging losing more than an oil tanker a month.
Those are different ships. The BBC story is about two oil tankers sinking in the Kerch Strait diving Crimea from Russia. This ship however sank in Ust-Luga, which is the Baltic Sea near St Petersburg.
Right. I’m just saying that Russia’s averaging more than an oil tanker a month when you consider this ship and those two.
Quite a coincidence.