The vessel capable of completing the Nord Stream 2 returns to Russia

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At present, the Akademik Chersky crane-and-assembly pipe-laying vessel, capable of completing the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, is located near the Russian coast. On October 7, 2020, KMTUS was supposed to return to Russia and enter the port of Kaliningrad.

However, the ship did not enter the Russian port. According to the data of marine navigation and monitoring resources, KMTUS is located opposite the Curonian Spit, which is equally divided by Russia and Lithuania. In this case, the ship's AIS indicates the port of Mukran.



Recently, Akademik Chersky was located near the German port of Mukran, located on the island of Rügen and which is the logistics center of the gas transportation project. There is a warehouse near the port where pipes for the completion of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 are stored. There KMTUS passed sea trials and appeared Get in touchthat supply vessels began to pull up to complete the construction of the pipeline.


In turn, the pipe-laying barge Fortuna at the end of September moved from the port of Rostock to Wismar (both are located in Germany and are part of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Back in early August, the Russian company Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy (MRTS) announced that it would not provide the TUB for the completion of Nord Stream 2.

Akademik Chersky and Fortuna left the construction site immediately after the International Group of P&I Clubs (IG P&I) refused to provide insurance coverage to ships that may participate in the completion of the gas pipeline. This decision was made by a non-governmental association uniting the 13 largest private ship insurance clubs in the world on September 21, 2020.

In light of the direct sanctions threat to insurers posed by the US CAATSA (Countering US Opponents Through Sanctions) and PEESA (European Energy Security) laws, the club will not provide insurance coverage for activities related to the Nord Stream projects 2 or Turk Stream

Says the circular on behalf of all IG P&I clubs.

It should be noted that IG P&I provides insurance for almost 90% of the world's marine tonnage. By her actions, she made it difficult to complete the construction of Nord Stream 2.
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  1. Sergey Latyshev
    Sergey Latyshev
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    9 October 2020 09: 02
    Yeah. Another brilliant promised plan of Gazprom. The ship has been rolling back and forth for a year.

    3 days ago, someone went out to finish building, and today this ship has already returned ...

    And there were so many interim news about him !!!
  2. 123
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    10 October 2020 20: 06
    "Academician Chersky" and "Fortuna" left the water area Building at once after, How international group of clubs for mutual insurance of shipowners (International Group of P&I Clubs, or IG P&I) refused to provide insurance coverage ships that may participate in the completion of the gas pipeline. Such decision non-state associationuniting the 13 largest private ship insurance clubs in the world, adopted on 21 September 2020 year.

    So immediately or after 20 days? Maybe during this time, what else happened? Yet again, afterdoes not mean in consequence. How with the rest of the ships? They wrote there a whole "flotilla" gathered. If it's all about insurance, why didn't they leave? Are they not interested in insurance? In my opinion, the conclusion is far-fetched.