Oil spill occurred on August 7, 2021, at oil terminal pier operated by Caspian Pipeline Consortium in Yuzhnaya Ozereevka, Novorossiysk, Russia, Black sea, according to FleetMon.
It stated: “Oil spill occurred on Aug 7 at oil terminal pier operated by Caspian Pipeline Consortium in Yuzhnaya Ozereevka, Novorossiysk, Russia, Black sea.
“Oil spill covered some 200 sq meters of harbor basin around pier. Spill was fenced off with booms, cleansing followed.
“In initial news, pipe or loading arm burst was mentioned, it was said also, that at the time of an accident tanker was loading crude, but ship’s name wasn’t revealed.
“As of Aug 9, there was no definite description of an accident in latest updates, except that the tanker was identified as Greek Suezmax MINERVA SYMPHONY.”
