The bulk carrier of Russian Federation ‘Heroi Arsenaka’ has crushed in in the water area of Black Sea. The press-service of the Ministry of Emergency State of Russia has reported about this.

‘The SOS from bulk ‘Heroi Arsenala’under the Panama’s flag was accepted on April 19 in 3:54 pm. The coordinates of the vessel: 440 49 8 NW; 0360 34 8 D, about 14 nautical miles from the shore in the Black Sea. According to the preliminary information there were 12 crew members’, Russian facility emphasized.

Tugboat ‘Demidov’, the court ‘Bishop’, ‘Armada Navigator’, ‘Barnet’, ‘Aigas’ and ‘Aelos’ went to the scene. Otherwise, because of a bad weather ‘the following of vessels in the area of the incident “isn’t possible’, MES added.