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Libya Tows Damaged Russian Tanker in Mediterranean to Prevent Pollution
Libyan authorities began towing the damaged Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz away from the coast to a safe zone off Zuwara to prevent environmental risks, officials said.
- Libyan authorities were towing a damaged Russian tanker, the Arctic Metagaz, drifting in the Mediterranean to prevent pollution.
- The tanker, carrying liquefied natural gas, is part of Russia's shadow fleet transporting fossil fuels in violation of sanctions over the Ukraine war.
- The tanker was damaged in a suspected Ukrainian drone attack near Malta and was being towed to Libya's coast to avert an environmental crisis.
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Libya tows damaged Russian LNG tanker from its coast
Libya's coast guard has begun towing away a damaged liquefied natural gas tanker that several Mediterranean countries warned posed an environmental risk after drifting unmanned for weeks, the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) said. The Russian-flagged Arctic Metagaz, carrying LNG from the Arctic port of Murmansk, has been adrift since early March, when Russia's Transport Ministry said it was hit by Ukrainian naval drones. With no …
Libya's coast guards tow damaged Russian tanker
Libya's coast guard has begun towing away a damaged liquefied natural gas tanker that several Mediterranean countries warned posed an environmental risk after drifting unmanned for weeks, the Tripoli based Government of National Unity (GNU) said. The Russian-flagged Arctic Metagaz, carrying LNG from the Arctic port of Murmansk, has been adrift since early March, when Russia's Transport Ministry said it was hit by Ukrainian naval drones. With no …
Libya tows damaged Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz to its west coast
Libyan authorities said a Russian tanker is being towed to the country's west coast. The Russian shadowfleet gas carrier was damaged in a suspected attack by maritime drones and now poses a threat to the region's ecology.
The Libyan Ministry of Defense of the government of national unity, led by Abdelhamid Dbeibah, announced on Tuesday 24 March that it had stabilized the Russian LNG tanker hit on the night of 3 to 4 March, probably by a naval drone off Libya. If a towing operation was undertaken to remove it from the coast, the ecological danger persists.
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