Balgarianovinite.com The teams of the Executive Agency Maritime Administration, together with the contractor BMF TUG Service, successfully completed the towing of the tanker Kairos with the assistance of three tugboats, the Ministry of Transport said Monday evening.
In the late afternoon, the vessel arrived at its final destination and anchored at the designated location in Burgas Bay. It poses no safety risk and will not obstruct navigation in the area.
Over the next two days, all expenses incurred by the State in connection with the tanker, from its entry into Bulgaria’s territorial waters to date, will be calculated. Immediately thereafter, the total will be presented to the shipowner. Only upon payment will the shipowner be able to arrange the vessel’s departure from Bulgarian territorial waters, the Transport Ministry said.
Earlier in the day, the Ministry of Environment and Water said on its website that the Black Sea Basin Directorate (BSBD) is monitoring sea water in the Ahtopol area as the Maritime Administration Executive Agency began towing the stranded tanker Kairos to the port of Burgas. Tests included 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 remained on site until the vessel was 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 Gambian-flagged oil tanker Kairos, owned by a Chinese company, ran aground off the 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. Since then, the Defence Ministry, the Transport and Communications Ministry and the Maritime Administration Executive Agency have coordinated rescue operations: Navy Panther helicopters have delivered food, water, communications equipment and a generator to the ship and evacuated most of the crew in stages, while several seafarers have remained on board at the shipowner’s request. Environmental and maritime authorities say the tanker, which is empty of cargo and lies some 700–800 meters from shore, is stable and there is no oil pollution. Stranded Tanker Near Ahotopol Successfully Towed to Burgas Bay 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-15 21:43:21 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