The story of MV Rhosus

On 23 September 2013, the Moldovan flagged cargo ship MV Rhosus, owned by Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin, set sail from Batumi, Georgia, to Beira, Mozambique, carrying 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. In October, it was forced to port in Beirut with engine problems. After inspection by port state control, the Rhosus was found unseaworthy, and it was forbidden to set sail. The owner of the Rhosus, the Cyprus-based Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin went bankrupt, and after the charterers lost interest in the cargo, the owner abandoned the ship. By order of the judge, the dangerous cargo was brought ashore in 2014 and placed in Hangar 12 at the port in unsuitable climatic conditions, where it remained for the next six years.