Balgarianovinite.com The Ministry of Environment and Water has taken immediate action to dispel doubts about potential pollution of the Black Sea waters after a tanker ran aground off the coast of Ahtopol, the Ministry of Environment and Water reported Sunday. The Black Sea Basin Directorate (BSBD) – Varna has deployed measuring devices and taken samples between Sozopol and Rezovo to provide data on the condition of the seawater.
The samples will be tested for the following indicators: presence of petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs 28, 52, 101, 138, 153, 180), benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, styrene, including vegetable oils, the press release reads.
The results obtained will be interpreted according to the environmental quality standards (EQS) specified in the Ordinance on the Characterization of Surface Waters and the Ordinance on EQS for Priority Substances and Certain Pollutants. If deviations are found or if pollution is detected, follow-up actions will be taken, about which the public will be informed in a timely manner, the Ministry said.
At present, regular monitoring by the Ministry of Environment and Water does not report any deviations that indicate pollution of the sea waters in Bulgarian waters.
According to information provided on Saturday by Rumen Nikolov, head of the Emergency Rescue Operations Directorate at the Maritime Administration Executive Agency, the stranded tanker is called Kairos and is owned by a Chinese company. Currently, she is empty of cargo and is located about 700-800 metres off the coast of Ahtopol. The ship is stable and there is no danger to either the ten-member crew or the environment, he added. Environment Ministry Monitoring Sea Water Quality over Stranded Tanker, No Pollution Detected 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-07 16:56:00 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