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Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Chersky arrived at Mukran port
Construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, which was halted in December last year due to the threat of U.S. sanctions, may resume in the near future. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the Bloomberg agency.
According to the publication, the Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Chersky arrived at the port of Mukran in northern Germany. It is in the German port where the pipes will be installed to complete the project.
Satellite images taken on May 10 indicate that the sections of the pipe collected from the ground were moved to the platform by a powerful construction crane. Auxiliary ships are also nearby, including the Russian barge Fortuna, which should help Academician Chersky lay pipelines.
Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of Nord Stream-2, did not confirm or deny the information that completion of the pipeline will begin in the near future.
According to Bloomberg estimates, approximately 6% of the pipeline, which is just over 100 kilometers, remains to be completed. The “academic Chersky” can tackle this task before the end of the year.
We will recall, previously, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk stated that information on whether the pipeline will be completed will be released in late May.
Furthermore, in late April it emerged that Poland intended to confiscate the assets of the Russian Gazprom in the Nord Stream-2 project as compensation awarded by the Stockholm arbitration to the energy company PGNiG.
Author: Valeria Mrachkovskaya
