Russia Finds Two Mines on LPG Tanker After 36-Hour Antwerp Delay

Baltic Sea: magnetic mines raise maritime security fears - Maritimes Crimes

Mines found on the Arrhenius tanker Russian authorities said on May 25, 2026, that magnetic mines had been found on the hull of the Arrhenius, a Liberia-flagged LPG tanker that had arrived at the Russian port of Ust-Luga from Antwerp. The vessel was due to load liquefied petroleum gas before sailing to Samsun, Turkey. Moscow described the case as an attempted terrorist attack and claimed that the devices were made in a NATO country. However, thi…

Russia Finds Two Mines on LPG Tanker After 36-Hour Antwerp Delay

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Monday that divers discovered two magnetic mines on the hull of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker at Ust-Luga, with a 36-hour anchorage the […]