Troubled ship carrying ammonium nitrate applies to call in Lithuania

A troubled Russian ship with a potentially explosive cargo of 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate is seeking permission to carry out repairs at Lithuania’s Klaipeda port. Splash reported last week that the Ruby, a 37,000 dwt open hatch carrier, carrying 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, sought emergency refuge at the port of Tromso in northern …

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