Malta has activated an emergency contingency plan as the damaged Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz continues drifting in the central Mediterranean, raising fears that the vessel could approach Maltese waters by Sunday evening or Monday. The 244-metre-long Russian-flagged tanker was struck in a suspected drone or missile attack in international waters
Malta has activated an emergency contingency plan as a damaged Russian tanker carrying around 700 metric tons of fuel and tons of LNG could enter Maltese waters by Sunday evening, Times of Malta is informed. The vessel, which suffered a suspected missile attack earlier on March 9, was drifting around 50 nautical miles southeast of Malta on Saturday,
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held an emergency summit with her government officials on Friday over the damaged Russian gas tanker currently drifting between Italy and Malta, as fears grow that it is carrying 900 tonnes of diesel and two tanks of gas on board. According to RAI, several of the Italian government’s top officials, including foreign
The damaged Russian gas tanker Arctic Metagaz is drifting west of Malta, Transport Malta said, with the vessel now seemingly approaching Lampedusa. In a series of notices to mariners issued on Wednesday and Thursday, Transport Malta’s Ports and Yachting Directorate warned mariners that the drifting vessel is “not under command” and operating without
The recent drone strike on a sanctioned Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker in the central Mediterranean has exposed vulnerabilities in Moscow’s fragile energy shipping network, threatening the small fleet it operates that carries Arctic gas to Asian markets. The last recorded vessel tracking data of the LNG carrier Arctic Metagaz (IMO 9243148)
