The captain of a Russian vessel was fined 8,000 euros for violating EU sanctions

The ship from Russia called the German port of Rostock due to damage. The captain received a fine for violating EU sanctions.

The ship Atlantic Navigator II, loaded with birch plywood and uranium from Russia, entered the port of Rostock due to damage, according to Spiegel.

A 193-meter-long cargo ship under the flag of the Marshall Islands unscheduledly called in Rostock on March 4. The ship had a damaged propeller, probably due to movement through the ice. The ship arrived from St. Petersburg and was headed for Baltimore. The Canadian shipping company behind the ship justified the call to the port of Rostock by saying that the damaged propeller posed a “serious risk to the safety of the ship, crew and cargo on board.”

However, after customs officials checked the cargo, they issued a detention order. The ship was not allowed to leave: on board there were 251 containers with birch plywood, the supply of which is subject to EU sanctions. Previously, the plywood was destined for at least four different American companies.

The ship probably also had a cargo of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants. But uranium is currently not on the list of EU sanctions. Atlantic Navigator II was launched from Rostock on April 19.

The captain of the Russian vessel was forced to pay a fine of 8,000 euros. The recipient of the money is the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (a mandatory condition for the fine is that it be received by a non-profit organization).

Earlier, USM reported that the US imposed sanctions against 11 vessels carrying oil from Iran.