Sig (tanker)

Sig (Russian: Сиг) is a Russian product tanker, designed to transport refined oil products,[1] it is 141 m (462 ft 7 in) long, measured at 4,754 gross tonnage (GT). The vessel is registered in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The oil tanker Sig in 2020
History
NameSig
OwnerTranspetrochart
OperatorTranspetrochart
Port of registrySt. Petersburg
BuilderKostromskoy Shipbuilding Shiprepairing Plant
Completed2014
Identification
General characteristics
TypeProduct tanker
Tonnage
Length141 m (462 ft 7 in)
Beam16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draft4.08 m (13 ft 5 in)
Crew11

History

The Sig, and its owner, Transpetrochart, were placed under the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions in 2019 for supplying jet fuel to Russian forces in Syria[2] and is sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury under Ukraine/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations UKRAINE-EO13685 which relates to blocking property of certain persons and prohibiting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine.[3]

On 5 August 2023 the tanker was reported to have been the target of a naval drone attack by Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of the Crimean Bridge which damaged the engine room on the starboard side.[4] The drone carried 450 kilograms (990 lb) of TNT and left a 1 by 2 m (3 ft 3 in by 6 ft 7 in) hole in the side of the ship, partly below the waterline.[5] A new video of the ship in dry dock shows the hole below the waterline to be much larger than this initial assessment.[6] The Russian media company TASS reported that the vessel was afloat and was being assisted by two tugboats.[4] The tanker was not carrying any cargo at the time of the attack.[7]

See also

References
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  1. Kilner, James (2023-08-05). "Naval drone attack damages sanctions-busting Russian tanker off Crimea". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. Ajdin, Aldis (5 August 2023). "Ukrainian sea drone hits sanctioned Russian tanker off Crimea". splash247.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. "Sanctions List Search". United States Office of Foreign Assets Control. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. Waterhouse, James; Lukiv, Jaroslav (5 August 2023). "Russia says tanker hit in Ukrainian attack near Crimea". BBC News. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. Newdick, Thomas (10 August 2023). "Our First Look At Hole Blasted Into Russian Tanker By Ukrainian Drone Boat". The War Zone. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. @NOELreports (19 August 2023). "A more detailed video showing the consequences of a naval drone strike on the Russian SIG tanker in the Black Sea" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. "Ukraine attacks shake confidence in security of Russian and Kazakh oil exports". Upstream. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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