Red notices have been issued by Interpol for the captain and owner of the ship (MV Rhosus) that carried the chemicals which devastated Beirut in an explosion in August, killing 200 people, Lebanon’s state media said, according to Reuters.
As MarineIndustry News writes, five months since one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, big questions remain about the ammonium nitrate that detonated after being stored at the port for years.
The Interpol notices, which are not international arrest warrants, ask authorities worldwide to provisionally detain people pending possible extradition or other legal actions. Interpol issues them at the request of a member country.
More on the story here noting Afloat adds the MV Rhosus had docked in the Lebanese port but back in 2013.
Among the ships berthed last August in the former French colony port was Jouri, (the former City of Paris) which Afloat identified as a caller to Dublin Port when serving as a custom built car-carrier for Nissan.
Last year the ship was sold and converted by Lebenase interests into a livestock-carrier.
In the same month following the explosion, the Port of Beirut's container operation was able to resume service.
