The cargo ship en route to Russia has run aground in Øresund.

A 180-meter long cargo ship has run aground in the Øresund near the south Swedish town of Landskrona.

Multiple Swedish media, including SVT and Expressen, report this.

According to Expressen, the ship struck ground shortly after 10:00 AM on Saturday morning.

The ship reportedly carries around 938,000 liters of oil in its tanks. There has not been any oil spill into the sea, and the Swedish coast guard is prepared to handle any possible leak, writes SVT.

The Swedish maritime authority informs SVT that the ship has no cargo on board and was on its way to the Russian city of Vysotsk. The city is located near the border with Finland.

The Swedish coast guard will interview the crew on board the ship, says Valdemar Lindekrantz from the coast guard's communications department to SVT.

"Right now, there are no suspicions of anything criminal, but we must see what the conversations with the crew lead to," he says.

Swedish authorities contacted the ship just before it ran aground. This is reported by Marco Svantesson, who is the head of the Swedish authority responsible for monitoring shipping traffic in the Øresund, to Expressen.

"The operator warned that it was heading towards shallow water and urged the crew to turn to starboard. And then the crew on board said they had started to turn - but we only know the result," he says.

According to the service Vesselfinder, the ship, named "Meshka", is 180 meters long and 31 meters wide.

It was built in 2014 and sails under the Panamanian flag.

Less than a week ago, another cargo ship ran aground in the Swedish part of the Øresund. This was a ship loaded with scrap metal.

The Swedish authorities had suspicions of smuggling alcohol after the incident, wrote the news bureau TT.

Subsequently, a person was arrested under suspicion of gross negligence at sea, wrote TT on Sunday.

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