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Greenpeace blocked Russian uranium carrier
Police arrested four Greenpeace activists on Matrch 2 for blocking the 'Mikhail Dudin', that they alleged was transporting uranium from Russia for the country’s nuclear power plants. Around 20 protestors carrying signs reading “Stop toxic contracts” and “Solidarity with Ukrainians” blocked the 'Mikhail Dudin' at the northern port of Dunkirk to prevent it from unloading its cargo. Activists, some on kayaks, had impeded the ship while a large banner stretched across the lock read “Uranium: EDF loves Putin” — a jab at the French state-owned energy giant. The French authorities then arrested four individuals. The blockade was lifted around 09:00 a.m. Greenpeace has repeatedly accused France of maintaining ties with Russia’s state-owned energy company, Rosatom, despite Putin’s war in Ukraine. “This trade, which indirectly fuels Putin’s war, must stop,” said Pauline Boyer, an energy campaigner for Greenpeace France. The environment group alleged it has “on numerous occasions” observed the 'Mikhail Dudin' unloading Russian natural and enriched uranium in France. The ship has made more than 20 round trips between Dunkirk and the Russian ports of Vistino, Ust-Luga, and St. Petersburg since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on Feb 24, 2022. The 'Baltiyskiy-202', another vessel that Greenpeace alleges transported uranium between France and Russia, has completed more than 15 round trips during the same period. Report with photo: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/71030
Shadow ship berthed in Rotterdam
The 'Mikhail Dudin' has docked in Rotterdam ton Dec 2. At the end of November, it had delivered uranium from the Russian shadow fleet to France, and its cargo for Rotterdam tonight was likely nuclear fuel. The ship frequently transports radioactive cargo between Russia and Western Europe. Greenpeace reported in November that at least ten containers of uranium, destined for Rosatom in Russia, were loaded during its most recent stop in Dunkirk. The port of Rotterdam is handling this cargo.
End of life-ship arrived in Ust-Luga with uranium from Dunkirk
The 'Mikhali Dudin', which had sailed from Dunkirk on Nov 15, carrying about 10 containers of reprocessed uranium containing traces of plutonium and other fission products, arrived in the Russian port of Ust-Luga on Nov 26- November 26. It takes about five days for parcels from Ust-Luga to arrive by rail at Tomsk-7, the secret city in Siberia now known by the euphemism of Seversk. Before specialising in nuclear transport, she was used to transport ammonium nitrate and regularly visited the ports of Nantes, St. Malo and Les Sables-d'Olonne. The owner is the Cargo Flow Line Ltd, based in Hong Kong. The operator is the the NWS 2 Balt Shipping Co Ltd. The classification society for the 'Mikhail Dudin' is Panama Shipping Registrar Inc. "Shipbreaking",the Robin des Bois' magazine of information and analysis on end-of-life ships, noted that the Panama Shipping Registrar Inc (PSR) is mainly known for going along end-of-life ships on their final voyages to India, Bangladesh or Türkiye. The PSR is obviously not a member of the IACS (International Association of Classification Societies). Robin des was is surprised that the EDF (French State-owned power utility company) was using a ship like the 'Mikhail Dudin' to transport contaminated uranium between France and Russia and enriched uranium between Russia and France. The 'Mikhail Dudin' was inspected at the port of Ellesmere, five kilometres from the Capenhurst uranium enrichment plant, operated by Urenco on May 2018, followed by a detention for three days with eight deficiencies, and in Oct 2021. The calls at Ellesmere undoubtedly indicated exchanges of radioactive materials between Russia and the United Kingdom. These have been suspended since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. However, the vessel remained a regular visitor to the port of Dunkirk. She was inspected there in Nov 2022, where four deficiencies) were found, in Dec 2023, which resulted in two days' detention with five deficiencies, and in Feb 2025 with three deficiencies.
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