A Russian cargo ship carrying 20,000 lbs of explosive ammonium nitrate will dock at Great Yarmouth Port later today, according to a local politician.
The MV Rudy was seen near the Kent Coast in September after being kicked out of a Norweigian port over concerns about its cargo.
The vessel docked at the Tromso after running aground during a storm and sustaining damage to its storm propeller, hull and rudder.
But authorities asked the vessel to leave after several days amid fears from locals about the cargo, The Sun reports.
Four years ago, an explosion caused by 2,750 of the fertilizer killed 218 and injured more than 7,000 in Beruit, Lebanon.
Lithuanian authorities had also said the ship could only dock there if the fertiliser was offloaded first.
But after being turned away from other European ports, the damaged vessel has granted permssion to dock in the UK.
Earlier this month the MP for Herne Bay and Sandwich, Sir Roger Gale, said he was “advised that the cargo is safe”, explaining in a post X that “Due to damage to the ship which has not rendered the vessel unseaworthy but requires repair”, negotiations were ongoing to unload the cargo.
He said he was “led to believe the ship itself is neither Russian-owned nor flagged, so no international law has been broken”.
Richard Goffin, the director of Great Yarmouth Port, has now confirmed that the MV Ruby will dock on the Norfolk coast today, Great Yarmouth Mercury reports.
The ship will finally unload its hazardous cargo and have essential repairs after being anchored off the coast of Margate since September, as per Marine Insight.
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