Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente announced that Spain had refused to allow a ship carrying weapons bound for Israel to dock in Cartagena.
The minister said in a post on platform According to El Pais newspaper, the ship was carrying approximately 27 tons of explosives from the Indian city of Madras.
Well, it appears that the Borkum scandal helped expose an arms smuggling route to Israel, an alternative to the Red Sea route that was blocked by the Houthis. Marian Danica has the same origin, the same stops and the same type of goods. With time we will know… pic.twitter.com/yaB13lj7iC
– Victor Egio (@EgioVictor) May 16, 2024
War on #Israel In the west
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Spain has denied entry to the port of Cartagena to the Danish-flagged ship Marian Danica, which is transporting a cargo of explosives from the port of Chennai in India bound for Israel.
This was announced by the Minister… pic.twitter.com/xyRQX4LL1D– Israeli Defense 🇮🇱 Gabriel Yerushalmi (@Israel_Defence) May 16, 2024
The State Department, which Boente said rejected the request, did not immediately respond to repeated requests for comment.
Danica Maritime, the company that operates the Marianne Danica, also did not respond.
The decision came amid a conflict between the Spanish Socialist Party and its leftist partners in the government over the passage of ships loaded with weapons to Israeli ports.
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