MS Petrozavodsk

MS Petrozavodsk was a Russian reefer cargo ship that wrecked off Bear Island, Norway, on 11 May 2009.

Petrozavodsk was a refrigerated cargo ship with a gross tonnage of 1,130 GT and a summer deadweight of 1,372 DWT.

The twelve crew aboard the vessel were rescued, but the ship itself was badly damaged by gashes in its port side caused by the rocks.

[3] Petrozavodsk was unable to be removed from where it was stuck due to the frequency of rockfalls from the nearby cliffs, which would make any salvage operation dangerous.

[3] Compounding the problem, Bear Island is a bird sanctuary for several types of endangered Guillemots, and fuel leakage from Petrozavodsk posed a risk to newly hatched chicks in the summer.

Wreck of Petrozavodsk in 2022