Cypriot police question Rhosus owner after Beirut explosion

Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin who owned the Rhosus, the vessel that had transported the 2750tonnes of ammonium nitrate that exploded on 4 August killing 137 Beirut residents and injuring thousands of others was questioned by Cypriot police on 6 August.

According to global media reports Grechushkin and his company, Teto Shipping, abandoned the vessel and its crew in 2014 when the port authority in Beirut said the vessel was unfit to leave the port. The Russian businessman now resides in...

https://container-news.com/cypriot-police-question-rhosus-owner-after-beirut-explosion/

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