Of all the experiences Boris Prokoshev had during his long career at sea, none matches the disastrous last voyage of the Rhosus, a barely seaworthy ship with a deadly cargo which was impounded at Beirut's port thetimes.co.uk/article/doomed…
When Prokoshev read the news from Beirut 12 days ago, he made no immediate connection to his bitter experiences as captain of the Rhosus, he said last week. As the truth dawned on him, he was horrified and perplexed
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He knew he had docked in Beirut in 2013 with a huge cargo of explosive ammonium nitrate. He remembered vividly how the port authorities confiscated the deadly compound. But he recalled that it had been safely packed.
What had happened to it since?
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Twelve days after the explosion the answers to his questions, and many more, are becoming clearer. They lie in a trail of chaos and incompetence that stretches from Spain to the Black Sea
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Boris Prokoshev's experience on the Rhosus began after a mutiny, led to his being held hostage on board and, to his horror, resulted seven years later in catastrophe - the explosion that ripped apart Beirut on August 4
@louiseelisabet reports from Beirut: thetimes.co.uk/article/doomed…
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