A cargo ship ran aground early morning on 20.09.2021 near Yailata protected area close to Kamen Bryag village, BNR’s Radio Varna reports. The maritime vessel Vera Su was built in 1989 and is operated by a Turkish company. It is a 3,217 gt. ship, 86 metres long and with a loaded draught of 4.7 metres. The ship, sailing under a Panamanian flag, was transporting fertilizers from Ukraine to Varna. There is no spillage of fuel or other pollutants during the incident, and no members of the crew have been hurt, the prosecutor’s office says. An investigation is ongoing into the causes of the accident.
Update 01.10.2021…
“The state’s inaction in the shipwreck of the ship Vera Su is absurd, given that the ship poses a huge environmental danger to the Bulgarian coast“, former BSP MP Borislav Gutsanov told Bulgaria ON AIR.
“Waiting for the shipowner is completely absurd. The state can automatically arrest the ship, seize the cargo and start actions to get it out of the shallows. Not to mention that the ship and the cargo are insured. Are the funds important at the moment or the ecology of the country?” Gutsanov commented in the show “The Day ON AIR”.
