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Libya Hires Firm to Tackle Stricken Russian Tanker Drifting Towards Coast

The 23-year-old Russian-linked LNG tanker exploded and is drifting near Malta after crew rescue; risks highlight concerns over Arctic LNG supply chain expansion, with 30 carriers currently active.

Summary by Times of Malta
A damaged Russian gas tanker that was abandoned in the Mediterranean will be towed to a Libyan port, according to a state-owned oil company in the north African country.The Arctic Metagaz was ferrying about 700 tonnes of fuel and a consignment of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia to Egypt when it was hit by...

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The Russian drifting ship in Mediterranean waters, near Libya, after allegedly suffering a drone attack, is "an environmental bomb," the NGO Sea Watch denounced this Sunday, after flying over the boat."It is an environmental bomb and a huge danger to people crossing the Mediterranean and that governments pretend they don't see," the NGO warned, referring to immigrants sailing from North Africa towards the European coasts.

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
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