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  1. So the ship sailed from Kandalaksha, Russia – Sea of Murmansk that was recently added as an ammonium fertilizer shipping port in a move called “desperate.” See below
    https://www.portseurope.com/russias-kandalaksha-as-an-ammonia-export-port/

    So it sailed 590 nautical miles and that’s it?

    ….and then it was supposed to go the Canary Islands off the West Coast of Africa and Sahara Desert? Ever been to the Canary Islands? I have and there is not much there as far as agriculture. A few banana trees on Tenerife and some resort hotels.

    “Experts have noted that a similar explosion from the Ruby could cause devastation comparable to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, capable of flattening vast areas and causing widespread loss of life. This makes the ship a ticking time bomb as it drifts perilously close to sensitive infrastructure. ”

    The ship is registered in Malta – no/low taxation, BUT the owner of the ship is Syrian. You know the the nifty Muslim country run by ruthless dictators (Father and Son) for 53 years with close ties to Hezbollah and Iran.

    Obviously, nothing to worry about.

  2. That’s a lot of fertilizer. Ammonium nitrate is an oxidizer and for it to explode requires something volatile to oxidize. For an optimum explosion with a maximum detonating velocity of around 12,000 fps, you would need 1400 tons of fuel oil well mixed with it and a high explosive detonator. That magnitude of shock wave would probably have a several mile kill radius likely a similar magnitude to the Halifax Harbour explosion of 1917 estimated to be four times larger than the Beirut blast.

    1. Nope… fuel oil makes it a bit easier to detonate, but AN by itself can certainly go BOOM with just a fire to get it going. It takes a while, but a there have certainly been enough previous incidents (Beirut and Texas City, for example) where it was just a large mass of AN involved in a fire. No detonater, and no extra fuel oil required.

  3. The timeline since Norway booted the ship from Tromso;

    https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/09/19/as-world-watches-explosions-elsewhere-the-boomsday-ship-gets-towed-past-denmark-n3794716

    Headed to Lithuania but now the Lithuanians seem to be not so keen on having her near the country.

    Maybe the Houthis in Yemen might want the ship or maybe an Iranian port soon followed by a heat seeking missile from the IDF to set things off. Guessing even Hezbollah has learned its lesson on having this stuff in Beirut.

      1. I’ve attracted a parasite … with a limited vocabulary. Devoid of original thought. Lucky me. But you don’t KNOW me … I’m the most affable bloke on SDA … so I’ll just laugh at your comments like a cackling Kamala

  5. Yup, park the sucker in Lithuania, Russians fire one missile into the boomb, and Lithuania is no more. Teach them to send their special opps type to help the Azov NAZIS.

  8. I have marine traffic tracker and the route forecast has The Ruby going between Copenhagen and Sweden on its way to Lithuania… a chokepoint by anyone’s definition.
    I’d bet the Danes and Swedes are just thrilled to have that pos go by.

  10. Don’t forget the Halifax harbour explosion of 1917. At least in that case, there was justification of shipping tons of explosives on crappy old vessels, since there was a war on.

  11. So what? Unless it’s properly blended with diesel and oxygen it’s harmless. Stop being so alarmist and learn some basic chemistry.

    1. Ammonium nitrate by itself can detonate when heated. Like when a crappy old ship catches fire. Sure, it’s “lean” without extra fuel, makes big orange clouds of nitrogen oxides, but it sure as hell does explode.

      1. The Beirut explosion certainly didn’t need any fuel oil in the mix. If you have enough AN, all you need is a fire to get started, and you will have your BOOM soon enough. If that fire is in a rusty old hulk, the iron oxide can act as a catalyst to initiate explosive decomposition.

        1. Another factor is that the AN is in an enclosed vessel, DaveK. You’ll get a bigger and better Kaboom! if the pressure builds up a bit.

          1. With that much AN, the confinement doesn’t matter much once the fire gets going. It’s going to blow, but probably a bit earlier inside a ship than inside a flimsy warehouse.

    2. You need to do a little research. KNO3 will deflagrate easily, and in large enough quantities it does indeed explode. Remember the Beirut explosion a couple of years ago?

  12. Canary Islands ordered 20,000 TONS (!!!) of AN fertilizer???? Something is very wrong with that picture.

  13. If the old rust-bucket sinks , there will be another “issue”. Ammonium Nitrate is 100 percent water soluble. It is a fabulous fertilizer.

    Think serious “algal bloom” ,mass sea-life kills, resulting in further degradation of the seawater in the vicinity.

    Is this entire caper the result of the usual greed,and stupidity, or a carefully-contrived act of malice?

    We may find out soon.

  14. Thankfully Joe Biden has over 50 years experience in international relations, and the world stage has never been more peaceful than under his watchful eye.

  15. Is this just more anti-fertilizer news? Yes this ship Ruby could even be a planned target, but then so could the other 48 million ships (equivalent) per year, each loaded with 20,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate. Likely one or two of which has had mechanical issues but doesn’t make the “news”. BTW, UFA provides a great deal on “minimum purchase of 88 mts” (194,006 pounds).

    Source: 2022 global demand of ammonium nitrate approximately 21 million metric tonnes.
    https://www.chemanalyst.com/industry-report/ammonium-nitrate-market-525

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