The general cargo ship ST Wind, which is operating under Russian flag, is disabled with engine failure on 50 nautical miles off Olga Port in Russia. The general cargo ship was on route from Tokyo to Vanino port, when a technical malfunction in some of the aggregates caused shortage and broke the main engine. This caused the disability of the cargo ship ST Wind and drifting without control towards coastline. There is no direct danger for the ship, accoridng to the coast guard station, as the harbor tug will arrive at the scene of the accident in a few hours. The ship will be towed to Olga port, where will be repaired and inspected.
The cargo ship ST Wind (IMO: 8900983) is registered in Vostochny, Russia and operated by the company Shipping Trans Group. The ship has length of 98.00 m, beam of 17.00 m and summer draft of 5.40 m. The cargo ship ST Wind has deadweight of 4,706 DWT and gross tonnage of 3,988 GRT. The vessel was built in 1991 in the German shipyard Sedef Gebze.