Ruby, a Russian cargo ship, is understood to contain seven times the amount of explosives than those that tore through the Lebanese city of Beirut in 2020 and has been turned away by several nations
A Russian cargo ship known as the “floating bomb” has docked at a UK port after being turned away from several other countries.
The vessel, nicknamed the Ruby, is carrying an estimated seven times of explosives than those that ripped through Lebanon’s capital Beirut in 2020. Ruby moored at Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, as of Monday morning and it appears to be moored close to several businesses in the city.
While the vessel is Malta-flagged, it has been packed with explosives from Kandalaksha in northern Russia. It steadily made its way to the Canary Islands after it left Russia on August 22.
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The vessel was previously anchored off Margate in Kent, according to the global ship tracking website Marine Traffic. MailOnline previously reported Ruby has an estimated 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, some seven times more than the 2,750 tonnes that devastated Beirut with 218 people being killed.
MP Sir Roger Gale addressed concerns about the vessel when it was moored off the Kentish coast in a thread posted on X/Twitter. He said on October 19: “In the light of ongoing concerns expressed about the presence offshore of the MV Ruby I have met recently with the shipping Minister, Mike Kane and relevant officials from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and other appropriate bodies.
“The MV Ruby, which is currently moored some eleven miles off Margate is a Maltese flagged vessel which was initially anchored in the European Economic Zone outside the twelve-mile limit but moved inshore due to inclement weather conditions in the North Sea.”
He also added the ship is not Russian owned and that “no international law has been broken or sanctions breached.” Residents had been concerned that the ship was anchored close to a university, hospital as well as hundreds of houses.
Newsweek previously reported the Ruby’s propeller, hull, and rudder were damaged. Marine Traffic said the Ruby previously left Norway – a country that borders Russia – after making its way to the northern regions of the country.
A majority of nations in Western and Northern Europe have a tense relationship with Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made several threats against countries supporting Ukraine.
