MV Volgoneft-212

Volgoneft-212 in 2018
History
Name	Volgoneft-212
Owner	1969: Volgotanker 2014: KamaTransOil
Operator	2014: Kama Shipping
Port of registry	1969 Kuybyshevsky Zaton 2006 Samara 2015 St Petersburg
Builder	Volgograd shipyard, Volgograd
Yard number	908
Completed	15 December 1969
Refit	2024
Identification	IMO number: 7024976 Russian registration number 089722 call sign UBQB2
Fate	broke in two, 15 December 2024
General characteristics
Class and type	Project 1577 oil tanker
Tonnage	3,566 GRT, 1,760 NRT
Displacement	6,513 tonnes
Length	1969: 132.6 m (435 ft) 2024: 136 m (446 ft)
Beam	16.9 m (55 ft)
Draught	3.62 m (11.9 ft)
Depth	5.5 m (18 ft)
Decks	1
Installed power	2 × diesel engines; 2 × 736 kW
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Crew	22 or 23

MV Volgoneft-212 (Волгонефть-212) was a Project 1577 Volgoneft oil tanker that was built in the Soviet Union in 1969. She broke in two in a storm in the Kerch Strait in 2024, causing the 2024 Kerch Strait oil spill. Another Project 1577 tanker, Volgoneft-239, ran aground nearby in the same storm. Volgoneft-212 is not the first Project 1577 tanker to have broken in two in a heavy sea. Volgoneft-248 did so in similar circumstances in the Sea of Marmara in 1999.