I haven't really been following the Russian spy ring busted in New York. I'm not really into spooks, mostly because I know too many and don't trust a damn thing they say anyway. Spies - also known as people who get paid to lie for a living, are second in my book only to people who get paid to argue for a living - attorneys. That is second from the bottom btw - and I say this well aware that I am married to an attorney.
But the sordid tale of Russian spies took a maritime twist Tuesday night when the Osen-Hunter Group reported some rather interesting maritime happenings about the time when Christopher Metsos disappeared from Cyprus.
There’s a theory going around some maritime circles that Metsos left the island, put to sea and rendezvoused with a certain ship that passed very close to Cyprus. The vessel was steaming 270° True at 5 knots just off the coastal town of Ceuta at 0300 GMT on 1 July. (She came left to 149°T at or about 0338 GMT.) That vessel is represented above by the green marker.Yes, that MV ARCTIC SEA. Maybe I should go back and review the claims made by Mikhail Voitenko regarding the vessel being used for smuggling purposes.
And what do you suppose is the name of the vessel? Why, it is the Russian mystery ship: none other than MV ARCTIC SEA.
Big oceans - small world.
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