Five tankers have stopped at Chinese ports, another seven – at Singapore, and the rest have stopped at the shores of Russia in the Baltic Sea and the Far East, according to an analysis based on “MarineTraffic” and LSEG ship tracking data.
“The US Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian oil producers Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas, as well as 183 ships that transport Russian oil,” according to Reuters, explaining that the sanctions target revenue that Moscow uses to finance the war. with Ukraine.
Some ports had already taken action before the latest sanctions were imposed.
Analysts estimate that US sanctions cover about 10% of the world’s tanker fleet.
Source: www.diena.lv
