Russian man Igor Grechushkin abandons ship in Beirut

First pictures emerge of a Russian man Igor Grechushkin, now living in Cyprus, whose ammonium nitrate cargo detonated in the port of Beirut. The 2,750 tonne cargo was detained in Lebanon in 2013. His crew on the ship called Rhosus was detained in October 2013 by Lebanese authorities after it stopped in Beirut due to a malfunction on board. The cargo was checked and detained after the port authorities said it was ‘lacking documents and conditions necessary for transportation.’ The crew - eight Ukrainian and two Russian men - was forced to stay on board the vessel while the owner Grechushkin declared himself bankrupt and ‘abandoned the ship’. Lebanese authorities agreed to let six out of ten sailors to leave the country, others were left stranded on the ship for almost a year………. https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/first-pictures-emerge-of-a-russian-businessman-whose-ammonium-nitrate-cargo-detonated-in-the-port-of-beirut/