Novorossiysk tanker Parade is in distress in the Sea of Okhotsk
The Parade tanker of Russian shipping company from Novorossiysk is in distress in the Sea of Okhotsk. The emergency situation caught the vessel in the Tatar Strait. The rudder-propeller unit broke down when the vessel was getting through ice floes near Vanino port (Khabarovsk Territory), RIA Novosti reports with reference to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk rescue coordination sub-center.
Rescue ship Irbis approached the tanker at 18:00 local time (11:00 Moscow time). Currently the tanker is being prepared for tugging", the source told the information agency. Irbis is to tug the tanker to Vladivostok. The weather is good in the region.