Week after bomb threat, container ship MSC Lorena sailed to Antwerp | Interior
The container ship MSC Lorena sailed to the port of Antwerp last night after being anchored off the Zeeland coast for almost a week due to a bomb threat.
The Panamanian-flagged ship was on its way from Senegal to Antwerp last week and turned back on the Western Scheldt, near the Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe, in the night of Wednesday 21 to Thursday 22 December. An anonymous caller had reported by telephone that the ship ‘would explode’ if it docked in the port of Antwerp. The 275 meter long and 32 meter wide ship was then sent back to the Wielingen-Noord anchorage area.
Because there is no acute danger threatening occupant of the crew.
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