There are 130 thousand tons of fuel on board. According to the authorities, there is no damage to the sinking vessel and no threat of fuel oil leakage, no one was killed or injured.
According to the Russian Telegram channel "Baza", the cause of the problems was several explosions in the engine room, after which the vessel began to fill with water.
According to "Baza", on the night of February 9, the tanker "Koala" (it flies the flag of Antigua and Barbuda) was at the third berth in the seaport in Ust-Luga. On board the tanker there was a crew of 24 people (including four Russians, eight citizens of Georgia and 12 - Indonesians).
Closer to two o'clock in the morning, about 130,000 tons of fuel oil were loaded on board the tanker. The vessel was already preparing to sail, when three powerful explosions thundered in the engine room. The crew managed to get to the shore, but the engine room of the vessel began to flood with water.
Closer to 5 am it became clear that the vessel had run aground with its stern. The Ministry of Emergency Situations employees installed booms around the vessel. However, according to preliminary data, there was no leakage of oil products into the water.
