Irish owner ordered me to Greece, says 'A-bomb' skipper

For weeks, the creaky Balkan Sky, loaded with more than 600 tons of explosives, languished off the Turkish coast waiting for orders to set sail for Sudan with tons of explosives.

Irish owner ordered me to Greece, says 'A-bomb' skipper

For weeks, the creaky Balkan Sky, loaded with more than 600 tons of explosives, languished off the Turkish coast waiting for orders to set sail for Sudan with tons of explosives.

Then came a telex from the ship’s Irish owner: forget Africa and divert the cargo to a remote Greek port.

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