Audio By Carbonatix
The Russian captain of the ship whose impounded cargo of fertiliser is thought to have caused Tuesday’s gigantic explosion in Beirut has said that he’d stopped off in Beirut on the way to Mozambique.
He said that the reason he had stopped off in Beirut’s port was because the owners allegedly had money troubles so he tried unsuccessfully to load a second cargo to fund the passage through the Suez Canal.
Boris Prokoshev told the BBC that Lebanese officials then pursued the owner for unpaid port fees.
He has implied that, by not letting the ship leave, the explosion was the fault of Lebanese officials.
We reported earlier that port officials in Beira, Mozambique denied knowledge that the port was to be the final destination for the ship.
Latest Stories
-
Swift response saves lives as GNFS quenches 2 fires in Accra
36 minutes -
Phenomenal start, fragile future – IMANI raises sustainability worries on Mahama’s performance
1 hour -
Another bus smuggling over 1000 ammunition to northern Ghana from Accra intercepted
2 hours -
Safe hands on the purse – Franklin Cudjoe on why Mahama’s return feels different
2 hours -
What we know about the facility holding Ken Ofori-Atta
2 hours -
When policy credibility is tested: Gold, the cedi, and the cost of short term wins
3 hours -
Discipline, not politics, is powering Mahama’s second coming – Franklin Cudjoe
3 hours -
Bawumia and the policy of centralised gold progressing centres
3 hours -
Big freeze causes travel chaos across western Europe
3 hours -
US will control Venezuela oil sales ‘indefinitely’, official says
5 hours -
Trump backs ban on institutional investor home purchases
5 hours -
US immigration agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis, officials say
5 hours -
Battle of the Sexes ‘brought eyes on tennis’
6 hours -
Villa thwarted as Palace hold Emery’s high-flyers
6 hours -
Antoine Semenyo’s late stunner helps Bournemouth sink Spurs
6 hours