A tanker carrying Russian oil that was secured by German authorities last week in the Baltic Sea remains in German waters and a customs assessment is underway, a government spokesperson said in Berlin on Wednesday.
"German customs authorities are currently checking whether all the conditions and requirements that need to be met are being fulfilled," the spokesperson told reporters, adding that the vessel would remain in German waters until the process is complete.
The 274-metre (899-foot) Panama-flagged tanker, called Eventin, was stopped while adrift and unable to manoeuvre on Friday with 99,000 tonnes of oil on board.
The Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said it had terminated the overall command of the operation around the tanker and handed the situation back to the Baltic Sea Waterways and Shipping Office as the situation was now considered stabilised.
State emergency tugs have been replaced by commercial vessels, and while clarifying that no serious medical help was required, a doctor and a paramedic had been sent on board, supported by the German Federal Police.
(Reporting Rachel More, Editing by Miranda Murray)