14-01-2025, 08:13 AM
The Panamanian-flagged ship, known as Eventin, lost power on Friday amid gales and 13ft waves off the German island of Rugen triggering an emergency rescue operation.
A convoy of German tugboats towed the 274m tanker into the German port of Sassnitz to prevent a wreck and subsequent environmental disaster.
Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, accused Putin of jeopardising busy shipping lanes with the use of a fleet of “dilapidated” ships to break Western sanctions.
Yesterday German helicopters delivered batteries and heaters to the ship's crew of 24. What happens next and where the vessels will be repaired must be decided by the ship's shipping company, which is based in the United Arab Emirates.
https://www.thepost.co.nz/world-news/360...baltic-sea
A convoy of German tugboats towed the 274m tanker into the German port of Sassnitz to prevent a wreck and subsequent environmental disaster.
Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, accused Putin of jeopardising busy shipping lanes with the use of a fleet of “dilapidated” ships to break Western sanctions.
Yesterday German helicopters delivered batteries and heaters to the ship's crew of 24. What happens next and where the vessels will be repaired must be decided by the ship's shipping company, which is based in the United Arab Emirates.
https://www.thepost.co.nz/world-news/360...baltic-sea