Ukrainian News AgencyMonday, January 23, 2012
The Crimean Prosecutor's Office has asked the Crimean Economic Court to order the owner of the Cambodian cargo ship, Ibrahim Yakim, to pay USD 3.4 million for polluting the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut in December 2010.
The press service of the Crimean Prosecutor's Office announced this in a statement.
The Crimean Prosecutor's Office sent the relevant lawsuit to the court last week (January 16-22).
"The basis for a measure of civil response was the failure to fulfill the obligation to address the damage inflicted on the environment as a result of the pollution of the sea by the violator of the rules of navigation," the Crimean Prosecutor's Office said in the statement.
According to prosecutors, more than 10 tons of petroleum products were released into the sea after the ship ran aground near Tarkhankut.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the cargo ship, which was flying the flag of Cambodia, was traveling from Mykolaiv to Turkey when it ran aground near Tarkhankut on December 17, 2010.
Fifteen sailors, among whom were 12 citizens of Syria and 3 citizens of India, managed to reached the shore on a life raft and a lifeboat, where border guards and officials from the Ministry of Emergency Situations gave them dry clothes, food, and hot drinks.
The press service of the Crimean Prosecutor's Office announced this in a statement.
The Crimean Prosecutor's Office sent the relevant lawsuit to the court last week (January 16-22).
"The basis for a measure of civil response was the failure to fulfill the obligation to address the damage inflicted on the environment as a result of the pollution of the sea by the violator of the rules of navigation," the Crimean Prosecutor's Office said in the statement.
According to prosecutors, more than 10 tons of petroleum products were released into the sea after the ship ran aground near Tarkhankut.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the cargo ship, which was flying the flag of Cambodia, was traveling from Mykolaiv to Turkey when it ran aground near Tarkhankut on December 17, 2010.
Fifteen sailors, among whom were 12 citizens of Syria and 3 citizens of India, managed to reached the shore on a life raft and a lifeboat, where border guards and officials from the Ministry of Emergency Situations gave them dry clothes, food, and hot drinks.
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