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Authorities that the ammonium nitrate was extremely dangerous, that they should reexport it. it had been hauled na beirut perhaps as a result of complaints by the crew as the ship made its way across the mediterranean. too soon to know if this explosion was an accident or an attack. but what we do know about the devastating detonation that has killed more than 100 people and injured thousands of others is staggering. at its core, ammonium nitrate shipped into beirut aboard this relatively small russian-owned cargo vessel late 2013. the 86 meter ship was flagged that arrived from istanbul, loaded with fertilizer and it ....
The moldovan flagged vessel called at beirut port after facing technical difficulties. it was inspected by port state control officers, who found ‘deficiencies and banned it from sailing, resulting in ‘rhosus being stranded in beirut. the majority of the ship s ukrainian crew were repatriated on the grounds they were in ‘imminent danger‘ due to the explosive nature of the cargo on board. the ammonium nitrate was later stored in a warehouse dubbed ‘hanger 12‘, which according to the videos of the blast, was the epicentre of the explosion. a letter shared on social media indicates customs officials had warned judges of the risks associated with storing the explosives in ‘hanger 12‘ on several occassions between 2014 and 2017. major chris hunter is a former british army counter terrorist bomb disposal specialist here‘s what he said about ammonium nitrate. it‘s not designed to be left in ports for several years on end, and effectively discarded, and of course left w ....
Of the dangers of leaving such a volatile chemical in place. and newsnight‘s mark urban has been tweeting. .. reports are now beginning to emerge about how it got there. here s what we ve been able to piece together so far from online open sources. according to fleetmon, a database of ships and ports, a russian owned general cargo vessel called ‘rhosus set sail from georgia to mozambique in september 2013, carrying almost 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. ....
About how it got there. here s what we ve been able to piece together so far from online open sources. according to fleetmon, a database of ships and ports, a russian owned general cargo vessel called ‘rhosus set sail from georgia to mozambique in september 2013, carrying almost 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. the moldovan flagged vessel called at beirut port after facing technical difficulties. it was inspected by port state control officers, who found ‘deficiencies and banned it from sailing, resulting in ‘rhosus being stranded in beirut. the majority of the ship s ukrainian crew were repatriated on the grounds they were in ‘imminent danger‘ due to the explosive nature of the cargo on board. a warehouse, dubbed ‘hanger 12 , which according to the videos of the blast, was the epicentre of the explosion. ....
A letter shared on social media indicates customs officials had warned judges of the risks associated with storing the explosives in ‘hanger 12‘ on several occassions between 2014 and 2017. major chris hunter is a former british army counter terrorist bomb disposal specialist here‘s what he said about ammonium nitrate. it s it‘s not designed to be left in ports for several years on end, and effectively discarded, and of course left with the other environmental conditions to degrade it, to dry it out, that sort of thing, you know, it should never have been stored there in those conditions, and certainly not colocated with fireworks. there is of course a much wider context to this. let‘s go to the scene. lebanon has just lost its port through which most of its imports pass through and in the middle of ....