Nord Stream 2 pipeline edges closer to Danish deadlock

With each 24-tonne steel pipe laid on the seabed of the Baltic Sea, the vessel Solitaire is edging closer to what could be a costly hold-up for the Russian-led gas pipline project which has divided the European Union. The crew onboard the Solitaire expect to reach Danish waters early next month, but Denmark has yet to approve the pipeline, which is planned to begin transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany at the end of this year. “We are now heading for the Danish border and then basically waiting for the further development of the project to be continued from the Danish border towards Germany,” Captain Kenny Houben told Reuters.

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