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A Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker sank in the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region. There were three explosions during engine start that caused the engine room to flood. (sopuli.xyz)
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https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/blast-partially-sinks-tanker-at-russian-port-of-ust-luga

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23ngk5vgmpo

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.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right. I'm just saying that Russia's averaging more than an oil tanker a month when you consider this ship and those two.

[–] jrs100000@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Quite a coincidence.