Posted on 08/05/2020 10:58:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The ship owned by a Russian born Cyprus citizen Mr Grechushkin Igor with was travelling under a Moldovan flag.
The crew was Ukrainian with Russian Master which authorities thought was doubtful.
After a proper inspection, it was found to be carrying 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate considered highly dangerous cargo.
The vessel was impounded with the crew staying on the vessel until the proceedings were completed.
The Russian and Ukrainian authorities washed their hands off the incident. The crew and ship remained stranded at the Beirut Port.
In May 2014, the dangers of having a floating bomb parked at the port were brought to public notice by many media articles available online.
It is not only shocking but intriguing as to why the disposal of these Nitroprill HD bags could not be found. Many letters were written by the Port authorities to hand it over to the Army.
The Nitroprill HD indicating high density is probably physically robust porous prill with a built-in resistance to breakdown due to temperature cycling and abrasion as indicated by western experts.
The obvious choice of auctioning or reselling the impounded goods was not available in this case goods being extremely dangerous category.
(Excerpt) Read more at indiatoday.in ...
They really need a native english speaker to vet their articles. I can’t figure out what this is saying half the time.
Robust porous prill?
Robust porous prill?
So, class — procrastinating can really blow up on you.
“A prill is a small aggregate or globule of a material, most often a dry sphere, formed from a melted liquid. Prilled is a term used in mining and manufacturing to refer to a product that has been pelletized. The pellets are a neater, simpler form for handling, with reduced dust.
“The material to be prilled must be in a solid state at room temperature and a low-viscosity liquid when melted. Prills are formed by allowing drops of the melted prill substance to congeal or freeze in mid-air after being dripped from the top of a tall prilling tower. Certain agrochemicals such as urea are often supplied in prilled form.
“Fertilizers (ammonium nitrate, urea, NPK fertilizer) and some detergent powders are commonly manufactured as prills”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prill
its not that hard to decipher
Thanks
Urea is also a decent Grade B explosive when crystallized and washed. Burn rate below military grade, but still ok for IEDs. (DEF used in modern diesel systems is urea.)
Reading this is like reading Indian coding. Now you know what America gets with the H-1B visas....
Soon to become the name of a new death-metal band.
It’s pretty obvious that the ship was used in the Hezbollah bomb supply chain. You could make tens of thousands of IEDs from such a supply. Bibi alleged they were doing just that at this location.
Russia continues to soil the planet.
It’s a great nitrogen fertilizer. They could have spread it around Lebanon and greened the place up.
Used to have to read COBOL in French and that was easy by comparison.
“...travelling under a Moldovan flag.”
Robust = stable in form, behavior, and composition.
Robust porous prill?
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