Specialized barge Fortuna anchored in the area that the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) of Germany previously called the site of the resumption of work on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. This is evidenced by data from the vessel tracking portal Marine Traffic a >.
The regulator argued that the installation should take place within the period from 5 to 31 December. We are talking only about the section in the waters of Germany, the length of which is 2.6 kilometers. It is located between the shallow waters of Adlergrund and the Oder Bank.
Rainer Seele , head of the Austrian company OMV, partner of Nord Stream 2 “, indicated that the work must be completed by January, after which the conditions will become unsuitable for laying.
The German section was not a problem for the construction, the main difficulty remains the work in the waters of Denmark. There remains to lay 50 and 70 kilometers of pipes.
The BSH representative suggested that the pipelayer “Akademik Chersky” will complete the construction … Officially, this information has not been confirmed, and it is not known when the work may resume. The ship needs to get insurance, but the company that decides to issue it faces US sanctions.
Since May, “Akademik Chersky” has been in the Baltic Sea and during these months it has moved from one port to another many times. The purpose of these movements remains unexplained. In June, it became known that the pipelayer had changed its owner, which will allow Gazprom in case works to avoid sanctions. Currently, the vessel stands off the coast of the Kaliningrad region.