The damaged Russian-operated MV Ruby is carrying 20,000 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate and is now close to the Kent coast and the English Channel.
An enormous damaged Russian cargo ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate has 'anchored' off the Kent coast just miles from London and seemingly heading for the English Channel.
The MV Ruby, which was refused entry into the Baltic Sea by Danish authorities earlier this week, has travelled south and is now just a few miles from the English coast and the Thames Estuary.
Worryingly the vessel, which has reportedly sustained damage to its rudder and hull, is carrying seven times more ammonium nitrate than the amount with sparked an enormous explosion that destroyed part of the Lebanese capital Beirut in 2020.
According to the ship-tracking site Marine Traffic, as of the time of writing the MV Ruby was "anchored" off the Kent coast just a few miles from Margate and Ramsgate.
Express.co.uk have contacted the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for comment.
Scandinavian authorities, including Norway and Denmark, have refused access for the MV Ruby after it suffered dangerous damage to the hull and rudder on August 22, when it ran aground shortly after leaving the port of Kandalaksha, Russia.
Worryingly where the MV Ruby sits currently is not far from the World War II wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery which holds around 1,400 tonnes of unexploded wartime ordnance.
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