German authorities have launched a major rescue operation in the Baltic Sea to help a tanker which Berlin says belongs to the Russian “shadow fleet” used by Russia to export its oil despite sanctions. . The 274-meter-long Panamanian-flagged tanker Eventin issued a distress signal and for several hours drifted unruly, “at low speed, unable to maneuver” north of Rugen, Germany’s maritime emergency management center said. Germany initially sent two vessels, including a tugboat, which immobilized the Eventin. Two more tugboats were then dispatched to the area. The 24 crew members did not have to be removed from the vessel. The German management center said in a later statement that it had been decided to send four “towing experts” by helicopter to the tanker to help stabilize it after it was attached to the three tugs. “Deterioration of weather conditions is expected, with gusts of wind that may […]
Source: News Beast
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