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- The towline of the Arctic Metagaz snapped on April 22, leaving the LNG carrier adrift in the Mediterranean.
- Libyan authorities say the Russian vessel remains afloat about 120 nautical miles north of Benghazi after breaking free.
- Officials ordered ships to stay five nautical miles away and report changes, citing EU sanctions, tug problems, and a Mediterranean coalition’s request for the International Maritime Organization to coordinate a rescue as factors hampering salvage.
