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Copenhagen (dpa) - The laying work for the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Denmark could be largely completed by the end of April 2021, according to an authority there.
Until then, the plan is to lay the two pipelines in the country's waters south and south-west of Bornholm to the German-Danish maritime border - this came out on Monday from a report from the Danish Maritime Administration (Søfartsstyrelsen), with which the authority informed seafarers about events See informed.
The work should therefore be carried out by the pipe-laying ship "Fortuna" with the support of several other ships.
Nord Stream 2 AG initially did not comment.
"We will inform you in due course," it said.
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After a construction freeze, Nord Stream 2 AG continued laying work on the controversial German-Russian Baltic Sea gas pipeline despite US sanctions.
The USA and several EU countries are against the almost completed billion-dollar project because they fear that it will become too dependent on Russian gas.
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