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A Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker sank in the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region. There were three explosions during engine start that caused the engine room to flood. (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/blast-partially-sinks-tanker-at-russian-port-of-ust-luga

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A man—made incident occurred on the tanker during engine start-up, as a result, the engine room was damaged," Governor Alexander Drozdenko said.

It's such a shame there was an accident on one of the shadow fleet ships. Hope nothing comes of the others when they come to port. /s