German rescue services stepped in on Friday to stabilise a laden suezmax tanker unable to steer in the Baltic Sea following a power cut.
The incident involving the 152,000-dwt Eventin (built 2006) marks the latest case of littoral states intervening to stop, probe or help a suspicious or malfunctioning vessel carrying cargo out of Russia.
Castal traffic control authorities in Warnemunde, Germany, urged the country’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME) to send out the 8,100-bhp emergency tug boat VB Bremen Fighter (built 2004) to assist the Eventin.
