A cargo ship loaded with steel billets ran aground on the Don River in Russia’s Rostov Oblast on its way from Rostov-on-Don to the Turkish port of Samsun, Report informs citing the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region.

The incident occurred at 1:50 pm Moscow time when the Florica, a vessel sailing under the flag of Vanuatu, found itself stuck on a sandbar. The ship was carrying a crew of 14 Azerbaijani citizens, all of whom are reported to be safe and unharmed.