The ferry Slavyanin has collided with another vessel east of Cape Shabla and is currently sailing towards Varna. No one was injured in the incident, and there was no fuel spillage.
Slavyanin sails under the flag of the Russian Federation. It transports gas in railway tanks from Russia to Bulgaria, and after its stay in Varna it left for the Caucasus.
The other vessel, general cargo ship New Raouf, involved in the collision sails under the flag of Palau. It fled the scene of the accident and is currently sailing towards the Bosphorus, where the Turkish authorities are already waiting for it.
After the collision, Slavyanin was punctured, three ballast tanks were flooded, but the engine room was not damaged. Although with a slight tilt, it returns to Varna on its own.
According to unconfirmed information, the collision occured around 3 o'clock
The ferry was built in 1984. It has been sailing on the Varna-Caucasus line for about 10 years, transporting rail tankers. It is not clear what it was doing near Shabla/Tyulenovo, because the line to the Caucasus, which is relatively small against the background of Novorossiysk port, is in a straight line in an eastern direction directly across the Black Sea.