Volgoneft 109

The Volgoneft 109 is a small coastal oil tanker operated by Volgotanker.^[1] Commentators noted she sent out a distress signal, while transitting the Sea of Azov on December 17, 2024.^[2] Two of her sister ships, the Volgoneft 212 and the Volgoneft 239, sank in the Kerch Strait sank only a week earlier.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The Volgoneft 109 was, however, able to make her way to a port safely.^[6]

All three vessels were built in the 1970s. They had a shallow drafts, and were designed to transit Russia's navigable rivers and the Russian canal system.

References

↑ "Third Tanker Sends Distress Call as Oil Washes Up on Russia's Black Sea Coast". gCaptain. 2024-12-17. Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2024-12-22. TASS news agency said the third tanker had issued a distress signal but its hull was still intact, there was no oil spillage and the crew was safe.
↑ Viktor Nazarenko (2024-12-17). "Another Russian tanker accident in Black Sea causes fuel oil spill". RBC-Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2024-12-17. Retrieved 2024-12-22. As the reports indicate, the vessel's captain issued the distress signal. He reported that the product was leaking from the tank into the ballast tank. There are currently 14 people on board, the ship's hull is intact, and there is no leakage into the water.
↑ "Damaged Russian ships spilled an estimated 3,700 tons of oil in Kerch Strait, state media says". ABC News. Moscow. 2024-12-16. Archived from the original on 2024-12-17. Retrieved 2024-12-16. The two ships, the Volgoneft 239 and the Volgoneft 212, were transporting roughly 9,200 tons of mazut, a heavy, low-quality oil product. Social media footage from the scene showed a black liquid rising among the waves.
↑ Tom Bennett (2024-12-15). "Two Russian oil tankers wrecked in Black Sea's Kerch Strait". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2024-12-15. Retrieved 2024-12-17. Video emerging on social media, which the BBC has been unable to verify, appears to show one of the tankers broken in half and sinking amid a heavy storm, with streaks of oil visible in the water.
↑ Viktor Nazarenko (2024-12-16). "Ukraine's Navy explains Russian tanker disaster in Kerch Strait". RBC-Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-22. They set out to sea without complying with navigation requirements, the Ukrainian media Suspilne reports, citing Dmytro Pletenchuk, Spokesperson of the Ukrainian Navy.
↑ "Putin's big problem. Russian tankers in trouble: Kerch Strait spill averted". MSN. 2024-12-19. Archived from the original on 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2024-12-26. The Volgoneft 109, which broke down on Tuesday, was transporting 4,060 tonnes of heating oil. The incident occurred in the Kerch Strait, where, on Sunday, two other tankers suffered breakdowns: the Volgoneft 212 split in half, and the Volgoneft 239 ran aground.

[gcaptain2024-12-17-1] "Third Tanker Sends Distress Call as Oil Washes Up on Russia's Black Sea Coast". gCaptain. 2024-12-17. Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2024-12-22. TASS news agency said the third tanker had issued a distress signal but its hull was still intact, there was no oil spillage and the crew was safe.

[newsukraine2024-12-17-2] Viktor Nazarenko (2024-12-17). "Another Russian tanker accident in Black Sea causes fuel oil spill". RBC-Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2024-12-17. Retrieved 2024-12-22. As the reports indicate, the vessel's captain issued the distress signal. He reported that the product was leaking from the tank into the ballast tank. There are currently 14 people on board, the ship's hull is intact, and there is no leakage into the water.

[abcnews2024-12-16-3] "Damaged Russian ships spilled an estimated 3,700 tons of oil in Kerch Strait, state media says". ABC News. Moscow. 2024-12-16. Archived from the original on 2024-12-17. Retrieved 2024-12-16. The two ships, the Volgoneft 239 and the Volgoneft 212, were transporting roughly 9,200 tons of mazut, a heavy, low-quality oil product. Social media footage from the scene showed a black liquid rising among the waves.

[Bbc2024-12-15-4] Tom Bennett (2024-12-15). "Two Russian oil tankers wrecked in Black Sea's Kerch Strait". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2024-12-15. Retrieved 2024-12-17. Video emerging on social media, which the BBC has been unable to verify, appears to show one of the tankers broken in half and sinking amid a heavy storm, with streaks of oil visible in the water.

[newsukraine2024-12-16-5] Viktor Nazarenko (2024-12-16). "Ukraine's Navy explains Russian tanker disaster in Kerch Strait". RBC-Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-22. They set out to sea without complying with navigation requirements, the Ukrainian media Suspilne reports, citing Dmytro Pletenchuk, Spokesperson of the Ukrainian Navy.

[Msn2024-12-19-6] "Putin's big problem. Russian tankers in trouble: Kerch Strait spill averted". MSN. 2024-12-19. Archived from the original on 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2024-12-26. The Volgoneft 109, which broke down on Tuesday, was transporting 4,060 tonnes of heating oil. The incident occurred in the Kerch Strait, where, on Sunday, two other tankers suffered breakdowns: the Volgoneft 212 split in half, and the Volgoneft 239 ran aground.

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