FEATURE: A drifting LNG hulk that no one wants

'Arctic Metagaz' was left abandoned and drifting between Libya and Malta (General Administration for Coastal Security)

An abandoned, burnt-out LNG tanker adrift in the Mediterranean since early March has highlighted the difficulties facing salvors when commercial shipping becomes embroiled in war.

The Arctic Metagaz – on paper owned by Lathyrus Shipping but with murky status – has since been anchored off Benghazi, according to latest reports.

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