Balgarianovinite.com The Black Sea Basin Directorate (BSBD) is monitoring sea water in the Ahtopol area as the Maritime Administration Executive Agency begins towing the stranded tanker Kairos to the port of Burgas, the Ministry of Environment and Water said on its website.
Tests include petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, styrene and fats, aiming to track any changes in water quality during the operation. Experts from BSBD and the Regional Laboratory in Burgas have been on site since Monday morning and will remain until the vessel is safely relocated.
Extra monitoring conducted after the incident showed no contamination from petroleum products or other hazardous substances, with all readings below established safety limits, the ministry said. Enhanced control and observation of Black Sea waters will continue, and the public will be informed promptly of any changes or signs of pollution.
The tanker, anchored near Ahtopol for ten days, is expected to reach a predetermined point in Burgas Bay later on Monday.
The Gambian-flagged oil tanker Kairos, owned by a Chinese company, was stranded off the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Ahtopol on December 5 with a ten-member crew on board, after the Turkish tugboat Timur Bey, which had been towing it, detached from the vessel in Bulgarian territorial waters and returned south. Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev and Transport and Communications Minister Grozdan Karadjov requested clarification from Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Uyanik regarding the reasons for and the manner in which the vessel entered Bulgarian territorial waters. Uyanik said the operation involving the tanker had been carried out by a private Turkish company without prior notification to the Turkish government. He added that Turkish institutions had launched an investigation and would provide the Bulgarian authorities with full information in due course. Sea Water Monitored near Ahtopol During Tanker Kairos Towing 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-15 16:03:36 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law