The 141 meter long, 6619 dwt tanker Sig ran aground on the Don River in the Konstantinovsky District,  Russia.  The Sig had run onto a shoal while en route to Astrakhan from Baku.  No reports of injuries to the 12 crew, damage or pollution released. Three tugs were dispatched from Volgodonsk to help refloat the Sig. No further details reported.