Swedish Coast Guard releases detained bulker suspected of marine pollution

A Panama-flagged vessel which the Swedish coast guard boarded on Sunday morning suspecting it of an environmental offence has been allowed to leave Sweden after the master of the vessel admitted of violating the Swedish environmental code, the coast guard said.

The bulk carrier, which was sailing from Russia to Las Palmas in Spain, is suspected of violation of the environmental code.

The incident was detected by a Swedish coast guard aircraft, which spotted the vessel allegedly flushing coal residues into the sea, the coast guard said in a statement.

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, the Swedish coast guard’s crew on KBV 003, on behalf of the Swedish prosecution authority, boarded the ship outside Ystad, south of Sweden.

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