Strong explosions ripped through the engine room of the Russian cargo vessel Ursa Major, resulting in her untimely demise in the Mediterranean Sea. The incident occurred on Tuesday, approximately ...

Ursa Major is the flagship vessel owned by Oboronlogistika, a shipping company that moves cargo for Russia’s Defense Ministry. The company was sanctioned by the US State Department in 2022.

The Ursa Major cargo ship went down in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain on Tuesday, leaving two of its 16-person crew missing, according to Russia’s foreign ministry.. The vessel ...

Two crew members of Ursa Major yet to be located — vessel’s owner company The Ursa Major bulk carrier sank in the Mediterranean Sea MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/.

Ursa Major was in the western Mediterranean at the same time as Sparta — another Russian cargo ship under U.S. sanctions — whose destination as reported Tuesday was Port Said in Egypt ...

LSEG ship tracking data shows the vessel departed from the Russian port of St. Petersburg on Dec. 11 and was last seen sending a signal at 2204 GMT on Monday between Algeria and Spain where it sank.

A Russian-flagged cargo vessel has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, per Russia's foreign ministry. The Ursa Major ship went down after an explosion in the engine room, the ministry said.

Spanish authorities said they received an alert around 1 p.m. local time on December 23 when the vessel, the Ursa Major, was roughly 100 kilometers from the coast of southeastern Spain.

The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) in Spain’s Cartagena has ordered the captain of Norway’s Oslo Carrier 3 ship not to take on board the sailors of the Ursa Major dry cargo ship ...

Ursa Major was in the western Mediterranean at the same time as Sparta — another Russian cargo ship under U.S. sanctions — whose destination as reported Tuesday was Port Said in Egypt ...