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Ruby: Ticking time bomb or damp squib?

With the bulk carrier Ruby’s troubles now entering the next phase, Peter Barker reflects on how this otherwise typical voyage – albeit with a dangerous cargo and some problems along the way – grabbed the world’s attention.

'Ruby' is now in Great Yarmouth awaiting cargo transhipment (Dover Strait Shipping - FotoFlite)

With the bulk carrier Ruby’s troubles now entering the next phase, Peter Barker reflects on how this otherwise typical voyage – albeit with a dangerous cargo and some problems along the way – grabbed the world’s attention.

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