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Publish date: February 14, 2006
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The company conducted its first oil shipping operation from the Pechora Sea, where MSCO has developed a sub-sea oil terminal in year 2000, BarentsObserver reported. The oil shipped from the Pechora Sea is shipped to the “Belokamenka” tanker stationed in the Kola Bay outside Murmansk. The “Belokamenka” is being used as a terminal tanker also by the Rosneft oil company.
The Murmansk Shipping Company is the biggest Russian shipping company in the North. The company also runs the Russian federal fleet of nuclear icebreakers.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.