Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local volunteers complain that the government is interfering with their clean-up ...

On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow ...

RENTON, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Ecology has been working to clean up an oil spill that was discovered in ...

Two Russian tankers carrying fuel oil broke up in the Kerch Strait in December, spilling fuel into the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Russia has sent clean-up crews to some of the affected areas, ...

Coast Guard Crews investigated reports of tar balls from Port Everglades to Palm Beach along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

The tanker, built in 2023 and sailing under the Antigua and Barbuda flag, had arrived at Ust-Luga on Feb. 6, according to ...

As ageing and deficient tankers in the “Russian shadow fleet” traffic the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea, a major oil spill ...

On February 5th, fishermen in the Gulf of Coro, in Falcón State, observed a new oil spill affecting the coasts, this happened ...

Russia has continued to transport the commodity via an aging fleet whose links to Moscow are hidden, often through shell ...

Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region's ecosystem can be ...