Ship in Need of Repairs Has Explosive Cargo, but No Dock | The MV Ruby has meandered around Europe’s northwestern coastline under a cloud of suspicion over its thousands of tons of Russian fertilizer.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 3 months ago

Ship in Need of Repairs Has Explosive Cargo, but No Dock | The MV Ruby has meandered around Europe’s northwestern coastline under a cloud of suspicion over its thousands of tons of Russian fertilizer.

girlfreddy@lemmy.ca · 3 months ago

The Beirut explosion was due to ammonium nitrate “having been confiscated by Lebanese authorities from the abandoned ship MV Rhosus” - then stashed in a warehouse for 6 years without safety measures.

On August 2, 2020 a fire broke out at the warehouse, which also housed a stash of fireworks.

Cue explosion. Source

InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

The cctv video was also very interesting, though the first responders seemed very aggressive: https://youtu.be/aKnX5wci404

Ship in Need of Repairs Has Explosive Cargo, but No Dock | The MV Ruby has meandered around Europe’s northwestern coastline under a cloud of suspicion over its thousands of tons of Russian fertilizer.

Ship in Need of Repairs Has Explosive Cargo, but No Dock | The MV Ruby has meandered around Europe’s northwestern coastline under a cloud of suspicion over its thousands of tons of Russian fertilizer.

nytimes.com