The owner of "Rhosus", Igor Grechushkin, claimed to have become bankrupt and, after the charterers lost interest in the cargo, he abandoned the ship. "Rhosus" then quickly ran out of provisions, while the crew were unable to disembark due to immigration restrictions. The captain sold some fuel in the ship in order to pay for lawyers to free them from their confinement on the ship. Creditors also obtained three warrants to arrest the ship. According to "Lloyd's List", the Beirut port authority seized the ship on 4 February 2014, due to US$100,000 in unpaid bills. The ship had accrued port fees and been fined for refusing cargo. Lawyers argued for the crew's repatriation on compassionate grounds, due to the danger posed by the cargo still aboard the ship, and an Urgent Matters judge in Beirut allowed them to return home after having been stuck aboard the ship for about a year. The dangerous cargo was then brought ashore in 2014 and placed in a building, Hangar 12, at the port, pursuant to a court order, until it exploded, with catastrophic consequences, on .