Claims to owners of tankers sunken in the Black Sea exceed 480 million rubles

The claims against the companies Kamatransoil, Kama Shipping and Volgatransneft have increased more than one and a half times. The amount was clarified taking into account the work being carried out to eliminate the consequences of the environmental disaster.

Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that from July 25 to 29, no new emissions of fuel oil were recorded on the coast of Anapa, the authorities said. Volunteers, in turn, claim that emissions continue.

Today, the Arbitration Court of Krasnodar Krai granted the petition of "Morspasluzhba" to increase the claims to 485.1 million rubles in a civil dispute with the owners, the merchant charterer and the insurers of the tankers that sank near the Kerch Strait. The amount was clarified taking into account the work to eliminate the consequences up to and including April. The amount of the claims is not final and is subject to further adjustment.

"The petition to clarify the claims was considered and satisfied," the judge is quoted as saying. TASS.

Representatives of insurers have raised objections to joint recovery. In addition, representatives of the insurance companies VSK and AbsolutStrakhovanie have filed a motion to create funds to limit the liability of ship owners by 533 million rubles for each of the tankers.

Yesterday, on July 31, the ship owners and the merchant charterer already petitioned to create two funds to limit the liability of ship owners, but the court rejected them, Interfax reported.

Special equipment has cleared more than 10 km of the coastline Anapa

“Over 10 km of the coastline has already been cleared – from the Medical Beach to the “Pearl of Russia,”” Elena Erokhina, First Deputy Director of Anapa Resorts LLC, reported today.

According to her, work is being carried out simultaneously in three areas in the village of Vityazevo: from the Brigantina sanatorium to the central beach. The total area of treatment is more than 3 hectares, according to a message in the telegram channel of the Krasnodar Territory operational headquarters.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers with fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences. Details can be found in the “Caucasian Knot” reference “Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait”. Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".