Ship in Need of Repairs Has Explosive Cargo, but No Dock | The MV Ruby has meandered around Europe’s northwestern coastline under a cloud of suspicion over its thousands of tons of Russian fertilizer.
The Beirut explosion was due to ammonium nitrate "having been confiscated by Lebanese authorities from the abandoned ship MV Rhosus" - then stashed in a warehouse for 6 years without safety measures.
On August 2, 2020 a fire broke out at the warehouse, which also housed a stash of fireworks.