“Time bomb”… A gas tanker adrift without a crew raises concern off the coast of Libya
An Italian official warned of a “major environmental disaster.”" Due to a damaged and sanctioned Russian LNG tanker, it was left uncrewed and randomly washed up in the Mediterranean Sea. In a joint letter to the Commission, Italian Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano described the tanker "Arctic Metagas" Russian as "An environmental bomb about to explode"calling for urgent action to be taken. The tanker, which is part of a secret fleet transporting Russian Oil and Gas, which is under sanctions, was severely damaged in a suspected maritime drone attack near the island of Malta earlier this month. The Russian Ministry of Transport said that the attack on the tanker was carried out by naval drones of the Ukrainian Navy, adding that the ship that was loaded set off from the port of Murmansk in northern Russia last February. A ship is swept away by water "Arctic Metagas" It is currently heading south, away from Italian waters and the island of Lampedusa, towards Libya, while Italian and Maltese officials continue to monitor its path. Speaking to radio "Radio 24 Italian"Mantovano said, the risks from Gas tanker "Enormous"And he warned that it might "Explode at any moment". Reports indicate that the ship is carrying quantities "Great" of liquefied natural gas. An official in Rome told the BBC that it was also carrying 450 tons of oil Fueland 250 tons of diesel. On Tuesday afternoon, the tanker was about 45 nautical miles (83 kilometers) from Italian territorial waters, and 25 nautical miles from Libya’s search and rescue zone.
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