Russia Submits Request for New Vessel to Finish Nord Stream
- Danish regulator expects new assessment within weeks
- Request is signal that Russia plans move on disputed pipeline
Tubes for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are being loaded on a ship in 2019.
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Nord Stream 2, owned by Russia’s Gazprom PJSC, has made a request to Denmark to deploy new vessels in the Baltic Sea for work on a disputed gas pipeline, the Danish Energy Agency said.
The application is the latest signal that Russia aims to complete the 1,200-kilometer (745 mile) pipeline linking Russia and Germany in the face of U.S. efforts to halt the project. An environmental report doesn’t foresee greater risks associated with the newly proposed ships.