Nord Stream 2 delays restart of pipelay work in Denmark

After a year of extensive preparations to complete gas export pipeline project in Danish waters under threat of US sanctions, operator fails to start work on 15 January as scheduled

Aborted take-off: tugboats assist Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna in leaving the German port of Wismar on its way to the Baltic Sea on 14 January
Aborted take-off: tugboats assist Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna in leaving the German port of Wismar on its way to the Baltic Sea on 14 JanuaryPhoto: AP/SCANPIX
Published 15 January 2021, 17:01Updated 15 January 2021, 19:36