The town of Anapa says it's seeking an initial 211 million rubles to pay for cleaning up its oil-struck beaches after two ships breached in December.

Russia's proposed Black Sea cease-fire deal includes demands for lifting sanctions on banks and agricultural exports, leading ...

When we think of oil spills, the images that come to mind may include seabirds coated in black slime, huge iridescent slicks lapping onto shore and armies of wellington-clad cleaners armed with ...

Thirty-six people have been brought ashore after a cargo vessel hit an oil tanker off the East Yorkshire coast.

MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax) - The Federal Service for Supervision of Transport (Rostransnadzor) will carry out unscheduled inspections of water transport facilities in the Azov-Black Sea basin due to ...

US logistics firm Crowley, which is the operator and joint owner of the MV Stena Immaculate, says the vessel was carrying jet fuel when it was hit by the Solong in the North Sea at approximately 10:00 ...

It was the day the sea turned black. In March 1967 ... What remains Britain's worst ever oil spill killed more than 15,000 sea birds in both the UK and France and seriously contaminated up ...

This set off a series of large explosions and a huge plume of black smoke, while a still unknown ... formation of tar balls and smothering of the sea bed by oily material, as can happen after crude ...

Some fishermen go to sea by diving. If there is an oil spill like this, the fishermen will be covered in black oil. "The smell of this black oil is also dangerous for the fishermen," said Firdaus. He ...