Russia Starts Inspections of River-Sea Tankers After Ketch Strait Wrecks

The Russian Ministry of Transportation confirmed that following the orders of Vladimir Putin it has commenced a comprehensive inspection program of the shipping companies operating the river-sea fleet of tankers and their vessels. The program comes after widespread condemnation after the loss of the two tankers from the fleet in December and a long history of problems with the vessels.

 “Rostransnadzor (the federal service for the supervision of transportation) will assess the compliance of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs with mandatory requirements for the transport of oil and oil …