٠٠:٠٣:٢٩Pipes set for use in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline could be seen piled up in the Mukran port, near Sassnitz, on the German island of Rugen on Saturday, as work on the project was set to restart despite US sanctions after a one-year break.
German shipping authorities have reportedly issued an advisory restricting the area in the Baltic Sea where the final few kilometres of the pipeline remain to be installed.
Work on the pipeline was halted for a year after the Trump administration threatened sanctions on companies involved in the construction work.
The 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) pipeline will run below the Baltic Sea to deliver natural gas from Siberia to Germany
Germany: Work on Nord Stream 2 pipeline set to restart despite US sanctions threat
Pipes set for use in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline could be seen piled up in the Mukran port, near Sassnitz, on the German island of Rugen on Saturday, as work on the project was set to restart despite US sanctions after a one-year break.
German shipping authorities have reportedly issued an advisory restricting the area in the Baltic Sea where the final few kilometres of the pipeline remain to be installed.
Work on the pipeline was halted for a year after the Trump administration threatened sanctions on companies involved in the construction work.
The 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) pipeline will run below the Baltic Sea to deliver natural gas from Siberia to Germany
Pipes set for use in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline could be seen piled up in the Mukran port, near Sassnitz, on the German island of Rugen on Saturday, as work on the project was set to restart despite US sanctions after a one-year break.
German shipping authorities have reportedly issued an advisory restricting the area in the Baltic Sea where the final few kilometres of the pipeline remain to be installed.
Work on the pipeline was halted for a year after the Trump administration threatened sanctions on companies involved in the construction work.
The 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) pipeline will run below the Baltic Sea to deliver natural gas from Siberia to Germany