Swedish authorities are on alert due to a merchant ship And on board 20 thousand tons ammonium nitrate who sails towards Baltic Sea. the “Ruby“And the Maltese flag was raised, starting from Russia North Pole After an emergency stop in Tromsø – in northern Norway three weeks ago – she has sailed around the Scandinavian country and is currently in the North Sea on her way to Lithuania. In the next few hours she must cross the waters between Sweden And Denmark, passing through the Øresund Strait and the bridge connecting Malmö to Copenhagen, and then entering the Baltic Sea. Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Radio reported that authorities in coastal areas in Sweden and civil protection held an emergency meeting and were closely monitoring the ship’s journey.
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Beirut precedent
2020 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in port Beirut It killed 218 people, disturbed 7,000 people, and displaced 300,000 people.
What are the risks?
According to several media reports, the ship in question was damaged when it received its cargo in Russia and had already requested a safe port in Norway, but was denied. “From the information currently available, there is no risk that something serious could happen here, even if the ship is not in ideal conditions. If the artichoke is not damaged, there is no risk,” Rolf Winder, an expert on the subject at the Swedish Civil Protection, MSB, told Sveriges Radio. Winder also stressed that only in the event of a fire on board would there be a strong risk of an explosion.
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