8 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁tons ▁of ▁fuel ▁oil ▁this ▁way , ▁for ▁transfer ▁to ▁Lat v ian ▁se ago ing ▁tank ers ▁at ▁a ▁floating ▁transfer ▁station ▁near ▁the ▁Os ink i ▁Island ▁in ▁the ▁On ega ▁Bay , ▁ 3 6   km ▁north - east ▁of ▁the ▁port ▁of ▁On ega . ▁The ▁next ▁year ▁plans ▁were ▁for ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁tons . ▁ ▁Transfer ▁operations ▁started ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁Unfortunately , ▁already ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 ▁a ▁collision ▁between ▁Vol got ank er ' s ▁Ne fter ud ov oz - 5 7 M ▁and ▁Lat v ian ▁Zo ja - I ▁during ▁such ▁a ▁transfer ▁caused ▁an ▁oil ▁sp ill . ▁Vari ous ▁estimates ▁of ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁the ▁sp ill ▁have ▁been ▁made , ▁the ▁final ▁one ▁being ▁ 4 5 ▁tons , ▁of ▁which ▁only ▁ 9 ▁tons ▁have ▁been ▁collected . ▁Local ▁fish ery ▁authorities ▁reported ▁that ▁some ▁ 7 4   km ▁of ▁the ▁coast ▁were ▁cont amin ated ▁by ▁oil , ▁at ▁least ▁ 3 0 0 ▁se ab ird s ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁se als ▁died . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁fin es ▁were ▁paid ▁by ▁Vol got ank er ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁On ega , ▁the ▁transfer ▁operations ▁closed ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁Ar kh angel sk ▁O blast ▁authorities ▁after ▁only ▁ 2 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁tons ▁have