According to the GPS coordinates published in the notice, the ship is in international waters between Malta and the small Italian island of Lampedusa.
The wreckage of a Russian L-based L-based tanker attacked off Libya drifts between Malta and the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Valletta port authority announced on Thursday.Advertising
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kiev of perpetrating a « terrorist attack » against the M.T. Arctic Metagaz, which transported liquefied natural gas to the Mediterranean.
His 30 crew members had all been rescued, according to Moscow.
The Libyan port authority said on the night of March 3 to 4 that the ship had been affected by « sudden explosions followed by a violent fire, which eventually led to its sinking » north of the port of Syrte.Newsletter The essentials of the morningA tour of the news to start the day
But official notifications sent to navigators on Wednesday and Thursday by the Maltese authorities suggest that it has not completely sunk.
« The Ports and Yachting Navigation Directorate of Transport Malta informs all ships that the LML M.T. Arctic Metagaz (…) is out of control and adrift, » says the notice published on Thursday.
According to the GPS coordinates published in the notice, the ship is in international waters between Malta and the small Italian island of Lampedusa. The day before, it was slightly closer to Malta.
Ships alerted
The boats were called to stand at a minimum distance of five nautical miles from the drifting wreck.
Kiev did not comment on the attack, which would be a rare success against a Russian ship located hundreds of kilometers from the Ukrainian coast.
The ship was subject to sanctions from the United States and the European Union because it belonged to the Russian « ghost fleet », composed of aging oil tankers transporting its oil and gas around the world by circumventing Western restrictions.
source : le parisien
