Damaged for the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait. In addition, the cargo ship was arrested, Rosmorrechflot reports on Wednesday.
"The captain of the seaport of Taganrog is prohibited from releasing from the port the seagoing vessel Lira. The corresponding decision, which is subject to immediate execution, was made by the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region," the statement said.
The arrest on the dry cargo ship "Lira" was imposed to ensure the marine requirements of OOO SGM-Most, the court ruling said. Interim measures are necessary for the subsequent recovery of compensation. In addition, “the ship’s claim was filed with the owner of the vessel, as evidenced by the insurer's mark of March 22, 2016.”
“Maritime claim”, according to the Merchant Shipping Code of Russia, is any claim that has arisen in connection with causing damage to someone during the operation of a ship.
Rosmorrechflot notes that according to the writ of execution of the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region, SGM-Most, which implements a project to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait, before April 14, evidence must be submitted of a statement of claim upon request, in connection with which the court prohibited the ship from the port.
Earlier it was reported that the Lira dry cargo ship of the Turkish company Turkuaz Shipping Corp., flying under the Panamanian flag, crashed into the support of the temporary bridge structure erected during the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait, the piles of the support were bent. It was also noted that the captain of the cargo ship is a citizen of Turkey.Soon, a law enforcement source said that investigators on the collision of a cargo ship with a support structure.
In the information center "Crimean bridge" reported that the incident. The Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport RIA Novosti said that the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait does not affect the passage of ships. There were no appeals to the Embassy of Panama in the Russian Federation in connection with the incident, as reported in the diplomatic mission.From which the construction of the Kerch bridge will be carried out, they should complete this summer. Auxiliary bridges are needed to deliver goods and equipment to work sites in the water area. The first temporary bridge connecting the Taman coast with the island of Tuzla was launched in October last year.
The Kerch bridge will be the longest in Russia. The construction of the automobile part and the launch of movement on it is planned in December 2018, on the railway part - in 2019.
On March 19, at 10:30 p.m., the Lira river-sea class vessel moved from the Black Sea to the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov along the Kerch Strait without a pilot and, after turning around buoy 19, went beyond the "green edge" of the eastern side of the canal, where it collided on a pile of a technological bridge.
As pilots told KERCH.COM.RU, the ship was sailing at a speed of about 7 knots. Traffic control - a traffic regulator in the strait - noticed a violation of navigation rules in this area on time and warned the captain about it, as a result of which the ship began to reduce speed. Collisions could not be avoided, but the consequences were minimized. The captain on air announced that the vessel was working properly and asked for permission to move on independently, however, Kerchtraffic control ordered the pilot to be taken and Lira proceeded to the anchorage area at the port of Kavkaz.
One of the community members VK "Kerch bridge" managed to calculate the nature of the damage
“Established the nature of the damage after the Lira pile on 19.03. Taking to the right hit the 84th support of the RM-2. Yesterday, Barbaros-3 apparently dismantled it, they will put a new one. On the screenshots of the video from 18.03 (UP) and from 20.03 (AFTER) «
Information: March 4, 2016 at the Tuapse Bulk Terminal (a subsidiary of EuroChem) for loading, the ship LIRA, with a deadweight of 3078 tons, under the flag of Panama, became. Vessel type - General Cargo, year of construction - 1985. IMO - 8516744. Cargo: Ammonium sulfate - manufactured by Kemerovo Azot OJSC.
Official comment of the Crimean Bridge Information Center
03/19/2016 at 23.35 Moscow time in the waters of the seaport of Kerch, Lira, IMO No. 8516744, Panama flag, ship owner Turkuaz Shihhing Corp, captain Kara Kazim, crew 9 people (citizenship: 2 - India, 5 - Turkey, 2 - Georgia), following the Kerch-Yenikalsky canal deviated from the recommended path in the area of \u200b\u200bbuoys 21 and 23a, and then made a bulk on the structural elements of the working bridge.
As a result, the support No. 80 was destroyed, including piles (diameter 1020 mm, length 58 m), crossbars, heads; destroyed separately clogged lighthouse piles (diameter 1020 mm, length 23 m) in the amount of 2 pieces in the area of \u200b\u200bsupport No. 80; Supports No. 79 and No. 81 have bolt and tip displacements exceeding 150 mm. Possible hidden damage to the support 81.
The ship is currently in the Taganrog port roadstead.
A damaged bridge is an auxiliary structure for the delivery of goods during the construction of the main structure - a bridge across the Kerch Strait.
The Crimean Bridge Infocenter assures that the incident will not affect the completion date for the construction of working bridge No. 2
The Kerch pilots informed us that by order No. 313 the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation in 2015 freed ships with a draft of up to 4.5 meters or a length of up to 140 meters from pilotage in the Kerch Strait. In this regard, the ship legally sailed without a pilot and did not navigate the new conditions of navigation. This order in the current edition had an extremely negative impact on the safety of navigation in the Kerch Strait, ”the pilots report, adding that the Lira collision is not the only one, before that a river-sea-class vessel and the Kerch-2 ferry collided in the strait. In connection with the intensity of changes in the navigational situation in the strait, the construction of a bridge, the increase in ferry services, Kerch experts believe that to ensure safety it is necessary to oblige ships to use the services of pilots. At the same time, the cost of piloting a vessel such as Lira is only about $ 200.
To date, three pilot organizations are operating in Kerch: State Unitary Enterprise RK “Pilot-Crimea”, FSUE “Rosmorport” and “YuVAS-Trans”.
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Kerch, March 23. Kryminform.
The Turkish cargo ship, which made a collision with the piers of the under construction bridge in the Kerch Strait on the night of March 19 to 20, ignored the warnings of the operator of the regional ship traffic control system (RSUDS) for an unacceptable course for seven minutes before the incident. This is evidenced by the decoding of the RSUDS radio communications of the Kerch Strait with the captain of the bulk carrier Lira of Turkuaz Shipping Corp, which was flying the Panama flag.
As follows from the decryption, at 23.20 the operator of the control system passed the course to the captain of the vessel for movement along the strait. At 23.26 from Kerch the first warning came of a deviation from the designated course and advice to return to it. In response, the Turkish captain asks to repeat the message and after that for 3 minutes does not contact. For this short period of time, the RMSDS operator continues to make recommendations. “Lira,” I advise you to follow the pilot next time, you are not ready to follow without a pilot, ”he says. “Lira, enter the channel, now your position is 70 meters from the red edge, keep the red buoy from the port side.”
Finally, the captain of the Turkish cargo ship replies “Good,” but the operator’s repeated reports of the danger of rejection indicate that he has not followed the instructions - he follows his course for more than two minutes, after which he agrees to “change course to the left”. After half a minute, the operator orders the captain to give "full back", a minute later to stop all the ship's machines. The ship's captain allegedly agrees, but for the next two minutes does not get in touch. At 23.37, the question of the state of the vessel follows from Kerch, to which they answer from the vessel that they check its condition.
After 7 minutes, the RSVDS received a message from the Pobeda ferry: “Judging by how we passed, Lira drove in between the piles. 
ORDER of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation of October 21, 2015 N 313
“ON THE APPROVAL OF MANDATORY REGULATIONS AT THE SEA PORT OF KERCH”
(Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on October 27, 2015 N 39490) 
ANKARA, Mar 24 - RIA News. The Lira dry cargo ship, which damaged the support of the auxiliary structure for the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait, does not belong to Turkuaz Shipping Corp., the head of the port operations department of the company, Cemal Kaya, told RIA Novosti.
Earlier it was reported that the Lira dry cargo ship of the Turkish company Turkuaz Shipping Corp., flying under the Panamanian flag, crashed into the support of a temporary bridge structure erected during the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait, the piles of the support were bent. It was also noted that the captain of the cargo ship is a Turkish citizen. Soon, a law enforcement source said that investigators opened a criminal case on the collision of a cargo ship with a structural support, and the court prohibited the release of the vessel from the port of Taganrog. Interim measures in the form of arrest are necessary for the subsequent recovery of the damage in court. In addition, “the owner of the vessel was presented with a marine claim for damages, as evidenced by the insurer's mark of March 22, 2016.”
“The vessel“ Lira ”is not listed in our company, we checked all our documents and were convinced of this. There’s some kind of mistake, ”Kaya said.
The accident occurred due to the "inhibition" of the crew and the order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation
The reasons for the collision of the Turkish cargo ship Lira with the auxiliary facilities of the Kerch bridge have yet to be dealt with in detail, but now there are two versions. Some blame the captain of the vessel, who did not obey the operator, others see the root of evil in the order of the Ministry of Transport, which allowed ships to sail without a pilot - as a result, on Saturday the emergency was already the third in a row. Meanwhile, the Turkish cargo ship was detained for 72 hours - it stands in the port of Taganrog.
As it became known last night, on March 19, the Turkish cargo ship Lira, owned by a Turkish company, but flying the flag of Panama, passed along the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal, which is used to build the highway over the Kerch Strait. One support and two Savi collapsed completely, another two support shifted.
A collision became inevitable after a Turkish ship unexpectedly exceeded the “green edge” at about 7 knots in the area of \u200b\u200b19 buoy on the eastern side of the canal. The captain tried to slow down and return to the fairway, but all to no avail. However, the damage caused was not too serious. According to the information center "Crimean bridge", repair work will not affect the deadlines for the completion of the Kerch bridge.
Lira and its crew of nine (two Indian citizens, five Turks and two Georgian citizens) were also not injured. Nevertheless, when the damage is assessed, the situation will be decided in court, emphasize in the information center.
In Rosmorrechflot assured that the construction of the bridge does not interfere with shipping. All vessels passing through the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal are aware of work outside the fairway. In addition, the construction zone was marked with special navigation signs.
By the way, the erected working bridges go towards each other from Kerch and Tuzla Island, but not one of them crosses the navigable canal and will never cross it. According to local media, the Lira could deviate from the course due to the fact that there was no pilot on board. Indeed, according to the order of the Ministry of Transport, from 2015, ships with a draft less than 4.5 meters or a length less than 140 meters were exempted from pilotage. In this regard, the collision of the ship with the supports is called the result of bureaucratic disorder. After the incident, Kerchtrafic Control ordered Lira to take the pilot aboard. Now the ship is in the port of Taganrog - it was detained for 72 hours
The Crimean Bridge Infocenter agrees with this statement of the problem. They confirmed that the absence of a pilot aboard a bulk carrier was legal, and the ship simply could not navigate under the new navigational conditions. The influence of the order of the Ministry of Transport in the Infocenter is recognized as “negatively” affecting safety in the strait.
At the same time, they remind that since the entry into force of the order, this is the third such case (before that, a river-sea-class vessel and a ferry crashed). By the way, the cost of pilotage is not too high. And it is only 200 dollars.
The editor-in-chief of the Sea Bulletin Mikhail VOITENKO shared with MK his view of what happened: “The absence of a pilot on board, of course, could be the cause of the emergency. But the Lira is a regional ship that constantly runs along this route. Therefore, the captain was able to independently navigate his ship.
It is not clear why he began to tighten to the Crimean coast. It's hard to say now. It is necessary to understand whose fault in what happened is more, but, in theory, Lira is to blame. At the same time, rumors that the Turks could specially ram the Crimean bridge under construction are complete rubbish. They have nothing more to do. The ship belongs to the private trader, who strangles for every extra dollar. When Turkey began to aggravate relations with Russia, its private companies continued to transport Russian cargo. ”
By the way, the ship “Lira” earned transportation on domestic flights. This time, the bulk carrier was transporting ammonium sulfate from the Tuapse port to Taganrog.
Meanwhile, the first results of the investigation showed that the fault still lies with the captain of the vessel, who for seven minutes did not respond to warnings from the operator of the regional ship traffic control system (RSUDS) about deviation from the course.
The guilty ship was detained in the port of Taganrog. The damage from a collision with the bridge piers has not yet been calculated, but the builders promise to deliver the object on time
On Wednesday, March 23, Russian media reported that four days ago, the Turkish cargo ship Lira rammed the pillars of an auxiliary bridge under construction across the Kerch Strait. As a result of the incident, no one was hurt, but significant damage was caused to the bridge structures.
Prop destroyed
The Lira motor ship owned by Turkuaz Shipping Corp and flying the Panama flag, while following the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal, deviated from the recommended route in the area of \u200b\u200bbuoys 21 and 23a, and piled onto the structural elements of the working bridge. This was told to reporters by a source in the information center "Crimean bridge".
As a result of the collision, support No. 80 was destroyed. The bulk carrier broke the supporting piles with a diameter of 1020 mm and a length of 58 meters, damaged bolts and heads. Separate lighthouse piles and supports No. 79 and No. 81 were also damaged. According to preliminary data, both structures were displaced.
It is still difficult for the contractor to determine the amount of damage; Nevertheless, bridge builders claim that the incident will not affect the timing of the commissioning of the auxiliary bridge and will not affect the construction of the main bridge, which should connect Crimea with the rest of Russia.
Who's guilty
“Rosmorport earlier decided to allow passage of vessels like the Lira through the Kerch Strait without pilotage. The clash is the result of bureaucratic disorder ”, - directly familiar with the situation.
The incident did not lead to serious consequences, largely because the damaged engine is auxiliary, it is supposed to deliver equipment and materials necessary for the construction of the main bridge.
The most important construction site in Russia
The Kerch bridge is one of the most important infrastructure projects of the last decade. Having regained the Crimea, Russia received a huge problem related to the supply of the peninsula. Ukraine ceased rail and road communications with the republic through its territory. It was too expensive and inconvenient to ensure the transport connectivity of the exclave with the rest of the country by sea, using ferries and motor ships. As a result, it was decided to build a bridge.
At the stage of preparing the project, it was assumed that Chinese specialists could take up the construction. However, later the contract was given to the Russian company Stroygazmontazh LLC, which established the specialized company SGM-Most LLC.
According to the approved plan, the bridge should be built by December 2018. The construction will have two railway tracks and four automobile lanes. Moreover, the bridge will not create obstacles to the movement of ships in the Kerch Strait. The construction is financed from the federal budget; the maximum amount of expenses is set at 228.3 billion rubles.
Who will be hanged on the fly?
However, the greatest difficulties for builders, as far as one can judge from data from open sources, are caused not by technical difficulties, but by organizational confusion. On March 18 this year, during a meeting held on the island of Tuzla through which the bridge should go, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded to identify a person who could be "hanged" if the project failed.
“I ask you to think again and submit to me the final version of the organization of this work. I need a specific body, I need a specific person who is responsible for the entire project, so that I do not need to call by phone throughout the government or in the subjects of the Federation. There should be someone who is personally responsible for the results of the work and for spending public money, -. “There must be a specific person who can be hanged if he does nothing.”
As TASS was informed by a source in the region’s maritime services familiar with the situation, “on the day of March 20, after receiving the application for the detention of the vessel in connection with the incident, the port officers examined Lira. Traces of fresh paint are visible on board - they tried to hide traces of a collision with a support. The ship is detained by sea rules for 72 hours. It stands in Taganrog. The ship is old - more than 30 years. "
The ship is seized, damage will be claimed from the owner
On March 23, the Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport circulated a message stating that the captain of the Taganrog seaport was forbidden to release the dry cargo ship Lira from the port. The relevant decision, subject to immediate execution, was adopted by the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region.
“The arrest on the dry cargo ship“ Lira ”was imposed in order to meet the sea requirements of SGM-Most LLC, the court ruling says. Interim measures in the form of an arrest are necessary for the subsequent recovery of the damage caused in court, ”the agency said in a statement.
The owner of the vessel was presented with a claim for damages. SGM-Most, by April 14, 2016, must submit evidence of a statement of claim upon request, in connection with which the court has taken preliminary interim measures.
The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) has opened a criminal case on the collision of the Turkish cargo ship Lira with the pylons of a working bridge under construction across the Kerch Strait, RIA Novosti reports citing a source in law enforcement agencies.
But only at this stage another mysterious story arose - it is not yet clear who exactly owns the ship. Earlier it was reported that it belongs to the Turkish company Turkuaz Shipping Corp., however, all the same RIA Novosti quoted the head of the port operations department of this company, Jemal Kaya.So, Kaya officially announced that the ill-fated bulk carrier of this company does not belong, according to him, all the documents have been checked, and “Lira” is not listed in their lists.
The main bridge to the Crimea will be protected reliably
The Taman Federal Highway Administration reported that the construction of working bridges No. 2 and No. 3 continues. Vessels passing through the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal are informed of work in the water area outside the fairway. In addition to the mandatory warning, valid from the summer of 2015, the construction zone is limited by special navigation signs. The work front does not affect the shipping zone - the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal, through which vessels pass from the Black Sea to the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov and vice versa.
“The supports of the navigable span of the main bridge, according to the project, will be protected from possible collapse of ships by special hydraulic structures - bollards. They will be built of metal sheet piling with stone filling and a reinforced concrete head, ”the ministry said in a statement.