MV Rhosus was a general cargo ship that was abandoned in Beirut, Lebanon, after the ship was declared unseaworthy and the charterers lost interest in the cargo. The 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate wh
Rhosus passing Istanbul on 30 July 2011
Rhosus (right) moored in the Port of Beirut in 2017
Russian Cypriots are an ethnic Russian minority in Cyprus.
MV Rhosus
…confiscated and brought to shore in 2014, and later caused the catastrophic 2020 Beirut explosion. The vessel's owner at the time of abandonment was Cyprus-based Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin. The ship sank in the Port of Beirut in 2018. Rhosus was a single-deck general cargo ship with a length of 86.6 metres…
Russian minimarket in Limassol, Cyprus
Russian flags are flown near Teremok mall, Limassol, Cyprus, 2011