EU urged to crack down on shadow fleet after tanker collision

Several parliamentarians have sent letters to the EU Commission. Ship involved in accident passes Denmark again after a another trip to Russia.
Archive photo. The picture does not show any of the ships in question. The Andromeda Star has just sailed back past Skagen from Russia on Monday morning, which means that it has again passed through Danish waters. This time, however, through the Great Belt. | Photo: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Archive photo. The picture does not show any of the ships in question. The Andromeda Star has just sailed back past Skagen from Russia on Monday morning, which means that it has again passed through Danish waters. This time, however, through the Great Belt. | Photo: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

A collision between the tanker Andromeda Star and a small cargo ship in the waters off the Danish island of Amager has set the political wheels in Brussels in motion.

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