At least six seamen were killed when a Panama-flagged cargo vessel sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Jan. 7, officials said.
Samsun Governor Osman Kaymak told reporters that six sailors were killed and seven others were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard after the vessel went down some 77 nautical miles off northern Samsun province.
A 13-strong crew was aboard the vessel that was reportedly carrying coal before it sent a distress call and eventually broke into two, according to the Samsun governor’s office.

Search and rescue efforts were underway with four helicopters, one plane, two Coast Guard boats, one rescue ship, and one towing boat, the statement added.
It wasn't immediately clear why the ship sank. One rescued sailor said an unexpected wave had taken away the ship's bow The cargo vessel was reportedly carrying 3,300 tons of coal to Samsun from the Russian port of Azov.

The crew members included nine Ukrainian, two Azerbaijani and two Russian citizens, local media reported. Officials have not revealed the identities of the killed and rescued sailors.

 

In the Black Sea, on the southern shore of the Taman Peninsula, the m/v Surov (flag Mongolia, shipowner Vikaro Overseas Co., crew of 11 people: 9 Russian citizens, 2 - Azerbaijan, enroute Iskanderun (Turkey) to Port Kavkaz, in ballast, reserves: diesel 82 tons, oil 900 kg, water 9 tons) at 03:05 Moscow time, December 25, 2018 ran aground. Based on the PortNews.ru information pprovided by the Rescue Coordination Center, at 04:45 Moscow time, the tug Spasatel Demidov (shipowner of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Morspassluzhba”) arrived at an aground at 2 miles awaiting for daylight.

According to the master of the m/v Surov, they decided to leave the ship due to daylight time.

The vessel is located at Zhelezniy Rog cape, lays starboard to the coast, 10 meters from the shore.

The tugs of the British Coast Guard lifted off the Russian cargo ship Kuzma Minin and broke it in the direction of the ship from the coast. This is evidenced by the footage shown on the television channel Sky News.

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With the help of four tugboats, a Russian vessel with a running engine goes toward the open sea near the coast of the city of Falmouth. The operation to refloat the vessel from the shoals unfolds when the first tidal wave arrives in the Falmouth coast area. The second tide is expected around 5:00 pm British time (8:00 pm Moscow time). According to weather forecasts, in the evening the weather should deteriorate sharply, the wind and storm will increase.

The refloating from the shoal allows the Russian dry-cargo ship to shelter from the weather in the port of Falmouth, where it will be inspected by divers.

The Russian cargo vessel "Kuzma Minin" ran aground in the UK on the morning of December 18th. The vessel was stuck off the coast of Cornwall, in Falmouth Bay. There are 18 sailors on board, there is no cargo on Kuzma Minin. At the same time she had a roll of about five degrees.

Dry cargo ship belongs to the Murmansk Shipping Company. Bulker Kuzma Minin spent several months in the port of Terneuzen in the Netherlands. The TASS agency claimed that he was arrested because of the shipowner's debts. Murmansk Shipping Company denied the information and indicated that the vessel’s exit was delayed due to a commercial dispute with counterparties.

 

The Russian bulk carrier "Kuzma Minin", with a deadweight of 16 thousand tons, ran aground off the coast of Britain, the British Mirror reports.
It is reported that the incident occurred in stormy conditions. A search and rescue operation has been launched, there are 18 crew members on board, no cargo. Information about the oil spill has not been reported.

 

Dry cargo vessel “Anatoly Krasheninnikov” sank in the Bay of Kambalny of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, November 9th. The ten members of the crew of the vessel were returned to the shore, and three more people are being searched.

According to the website of the regional authorities, the cargo vessel "Anatoly Krasheninnikov" was enroute from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana. The vessel transported 280 tons of building materials and equipment. According to preliminary information, there were 13 people on board, 10 of them were saved on safe raft, but the master and his two crew members are being searched.

“Search and rescue operations are complicated by adverse weather conditions and dark time of day. For the same reasons, it is not yet possible to involve aviation in the search operation" - said the deputy chairman of the regional authority, Sergey Khabarov.

All crew members who managed to escape were taken aboard the "Dalmos" floating fishing base; nothing threatens their life and health. In the near future, people will be taken to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

 

M/v Fom (the flag of Panama) with a cargo of scrap metal began to sink in the region of Sevastopol. According to the State Marine Rescue Coordination Center of Rosmorrechflot, there are 8 people on board (citizens of Turkey and Azerbaijan). The vessel has a dangerous roll of 20 degrees, which increases. The captain asks to remove the crew. The m/v MINERVA MARNA (the flag of Greece) was sent to the ship.

Source:  http://portnews.ru/news/265970/

 

On the river Don the motor vessel “Salsk” ran aground with a load of wheat.

On 3133.5 km of the Don River (between the buoys 187 and 189) at 10:10 Moscow time, on October 7, 2018, the m/v Salsk ran aground. The vessels's port of registration St. Petersburg, the shipowner LLC Linter, cargo of wheat 3959 tons, diesel fuel 43.7 tons, 1010 kg of oil, 3.75 m of draft with a loss of draft of about 15 cm. According to the Rescue Coordination Center there is not suffered or oil spill. The channel is free.

A tugboat “Dobrynya” (shipowner FSUE “Rosmorport”, port of registration Rostov-on-Don) was sent to the scene.
All attempts to remove the vessel from the ground did not bring any result, it was decided to take an additional tug.

At 21:00 Moscow time, the second tug "Rogday" (port of registration Rostov-on-Don, the shipowner Aqualines LLC) was sent to the emergency vessel.

At 23:00, Moscow time, on October 7, the shipowner decided to suspend work on shooting from the ground of the emergency vessel until 11:00, Moscow time, on October 8, before approaching the sea tug "Zevs" from the sea.