A Russian cargoship has left South Africa following a row over its cargo of weapons cartidges.
The 4,600-dwt Lada (built 2000) departed Port Elizabeth for Lagos in Nigeria on 8 September.
It is due there on 21 September.
The Transflot ship hit the headlines last month when local reports said it had been accused of carrying weapons and explosives.
The company denied the ship had been detained, following South African reports it was held, and said its cargo was completely legal.
The Tass news agency later cited the company's unnamed director general as saying it received a letter from the country’s maritime authorities permitting the ship to leave the port.
A total of fourteen containers were unloaded on 25 August.
Inspections of others passed off without any problems.
Transflot told TradeWinds last month the ship was carrying "absolutely legal cargo" covered by the IMO 1.1 designation, which was loaded in containers in Chennai, India.
Category 1.1 includes ammonium picrate and three types of cartridges for weapons, with bursting charges.
"All shippers/receivers of cargo, dangerous goods declarations, all papers, prepared by shipper strictly in accordance with international law and requirements," it said.
"No weapons onboard, all strictly in accordance UN convention."
