russia will have to find alternative ships to finish Nord Stream 2

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Allseas, the Swiss-Dutch company laying the pipe, stopped work Friday, hours after President Trump signed a bill sanctioning companies working on the line, ubn.news reports.

Two days earlier, U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson sent a letter to Allseas CEO Edward Heerema, saying the sanctions bill was “passed specifically to immediately halt your company’s work on Nord Stream 2.” They added: “The consequences of your company continuing to do the work for even a single day after the President signs the sanctions legislation would expose your company to crushing and potentially fatal legal and economic sanctions.”

With Allseas withdrawing its two pipeline laying vessels, the Solitaire and the Pioneering Spirit, russia will have to find alternative ships to complete the line in Danish waters, near Bornholm Island. S&P Global Platts Analytics, writes that russia’s pipeline laying barge, the Fortuna probably will not be allowed to work in Danish waters because it does not have Dynamic Positioning, a stabilizing system required by Danish law.

russia’s Akademik Chersky has this system, but it is in the Far East – a two month sea voyage away. S&P writes: “While the most challenging parts of Nord Stream 2 have been laid in water depths of around 200 meters, the remaining section in Danish waters at 90 meters depth remains complicated.”

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