the Russian service provider ship Ursa Main sinks within the Mediterranean Sea after an engine explosion. 14 crew members had been rescued, two went lacking, the ship was transporting gear for a nuclear reactor.
The Russian service provider ship Ursa Main sank within the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain. Fourteen crew members had been dropped at the port of Cartagena on Monday night, and two extra are lacking. That is reported by the Spanish version La Verdad, stories UNN.
In line with the newspaper's sources, the service provider ship suffered an engine explosion. Sixteen crew members had been on board the Ursa Main. In line with preliminary knowledge, two sailors are nonetheless lacking.
The ship's captain acknowledged that it was carrying containers that had been empty on the time of the accident. The Ursa Main was in transit from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok. It departed on December 11 and was scheduled to reach on January 22.
In line with The Maritime Government, the vessel was transporting two 45-ton nuclear reactor hatches for a nuclear icebreaker and two port cranes from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok.
The ship was operated by a subsidiary of the sanctioned Russian protection firm Oboronlogistika. The vessel was the primary one on the route of Russian provides to Tartus (Syria), a long-standing base of the Russian Navy within the Japanese Mediterranean. In Could 2022, the U.S. Treasury Division included this heavy vessel in a bundle of sanctions associated to Ukraine.
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