The worrying loading of a ship from Russia off the coast of Norway | EUROtoday
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C'is a worrying journey that’s going down off the coast of Norway. Having left the port of Kandalaksha within the far north of Russia on August 22, the cargo ship Ruby was as a consequence of sail to Las Palmas within the Canary Islands. But the 183-metre-long Maltese-flagged ship was broken in a storm. Authorities are involved concerning the harmful cargo it was carrying in its holds: ammonium nitrate.
This nitrogen-rich fertilizer is taken into account, within the occasion of a hearth, as “an occasional explosive” by the French Ministry of Agriculture. On August 4, 2020, it was a inventory of poorly saved ammonium nitrate that blew up a part of the port of Beirut, killing greater than 200 folks and injuring 6,500 within the Lebanese capital. There have been roughly 2,750 tons of fertilizer. The Ruby It carries 20,000 tons. An actual floating bomb.
The 1er September, the cargo ship discovered shelter within the port of Tromso. Its propeller, hull and rudder had been broken. But the authorities refused to permit the repairs to happen within the fast neighborhood of town of 41,000 inhabitants. The University Hospital of Northern Norway, with its 6,500 workers and 600 beds, is just 500 metres from the cargo. “We carried out an inspection on board and spoke with the crew. Our examination did not identify any risks related to the ship's cargo,” a member of the Tromso Fire and Rescue Service instructed the newspaper The Barents Observer.
Tugboat and Norwegian Coast Guard
Three days later, the ship was towed additional north and dropped anchor 3 kilometres off the island of Vannoya. A number of days later, it stopped close to Andfjorden. An air base is positioned on the tip of the island. Could the ship from Russia be profiting from its injury to strategy delicate websites? Now on the southern tip of Norway, the Ruby is all the time accompanied by the tug Amber II and by a Norwegian Coast Guard vessel.
RUBY has been doing slalom / sinusoidal artwork the remainder of the evening at sluggish velocity. This should be the movement of a towing op (with rudder fully out?)
Unclear the place she goes. Danish straits are a number of the worlds busiest delivery lanes, super-narrow and of utmost significance pic.twitter.com/wzK8At9HBt
— auonsson (@auonsson) September 19, 2024
Its trajectory and velocity of 5 knots recommend that it’s being towed. It should be repaired within the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, 1,500 kilometres away. It nonetheless wants permission from the Danish authorities to cross by means of the strait giving entry to the Baltic Sea.
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