Tripoli, April 27, 2019 – An Iranian registered cargo ship was boarded and searched at Misrata port in western Libya, the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord said Saturday. The “Iranian flagged… Shahr E. Kord” is docked at the country’s main commercial port, the internationally recognised GNA’s interior ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page. The ship, containing 144 containers, was brought to Misrata port in order to “verify the cargo to ensure it conforms with documents”, the GNA’s interior ministry said. The ship left the port of Burgas in Bulgaria on April 20, bound for Misrata, according to the website marinetraffic.com. Ahmad al-Mesmari, a spokesman for the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) on April 23 spoke about the presence of an Iranian ship off Misrata.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 28, 2019 14:48 UTC