Comment by nemetroid
10 months ago
> The crew on the ship were Russian nationals.
Citation needed. The sources I can find (e.g. [1]) claim that the vessel "is captained by a Chinese national and includes a Russian sailor". The first part can be verified by the strong accent of the radio operator [2].
2: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/kina-redo-att-samarbeta-o...
Good point. I think I am conflating this event with the Oct 2023 event, which was done by a Chinese flagged ship owned by Torgmoll [0] - the Russian operated that manages Russia-China export logistics [1]
[0] - https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/sister-ships-of-want...
[1] - https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.torg...
It wasn't a sailor, it was the maritime pilot from the port it departed. He left the ship before the incident.