Wondering Whatever Happened to MV Ruby aka 'The Bomb Ship'?

A ship has dumped about 300 tonnes of potentially explosive cargo into the North Sea, the BBC has learned.

The MV Ruby carried out the operation off the coast of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, over fears the ammonium nitrate fertiliser had been contaminated with fuel oil.

The dumping has prompted an outcry from environmentalists and local businesses.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said "hydrocarbons and seawater" had been found on bags holding the material.

The agency said the bags were likely to have been affected when the ship ran aground and its hull damaged several weeks ago.

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And now she's berthed at Norfolk, England and nobody's quite sure why they let her.

The ship left the port of Kandalaksha in northern Russia in July, carrying 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, destined for Africa.
But the ship damaged its hull and propeller after it ran aground in bad weather.
Authorities in Lithuania and Sweden refused to allow it to enter their waters, according to reports.
The MV Ruby was then moored in the English Channel before poor weather led it to anchor off the coast of Margate in Kent, before heading up the East coast to Great Yarmouth in October.
It is unclear why it was initially allowed to dock at the Norfolk port.

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