The accident occurred in the Gulf of Yenisey on the 16th of March, the Ministry of Transport’s Coordination Centre for Salvation Operations at Sea told news agency Sea News.
The tanker got a 9.5 meter long crack on the main deck from the impact. The tanker was only carrying ballast at the time, and there was no pollution of the environment in the accident.
The 16 168 tons dead weight tanker “Indiga” belongs to Murmansk Shipping Company. It shuttles between the oil terminal in the Gulf of Ob and the floating oil storage vessel “Belokamenka” in the Kola Bay.
The tanker is now being followed by the ice breaker “Yamal” to the White Sea, where it will be escorted by a salving ship to Arkhangelsk for reparations.
This week a new Norwegian report on oil transport from the Russian part of the Barents region will be published. The report is a joint project of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat and Akvaplan-Niva
