The two tankers are the first Russian-owned oil vessels to change course after Canada ratcheted up pressure on Russia. RussiaUkraineCrisis
Two oil tankers owned and managed by Sovcomflot, the Russian maritime and freight shipping company blacklisted by the United States last week, are rerouting from their Canadian destinations, while a third is returning to Russia after discharging, according to tracking data and marine sources.
The vessel was carrying bunker fuel for Canada’s Irving Oil, the company said on Friday, March 4. It loaded in mid-February in Colombia, and made a stop at a storage terminal in Saint Eustatius in the Caribbean, according to Refinitiv Eikon tanker tracking data. “The vessel was not carrying product from Russia, but due to the vessel’s Russian affiliation, it was diverted by our supplier,” said company spokeswoman Katherine d’Entremont.A second vessel, the SCF Ussuri, a refined products tanker chartered by Suncor Energy, slowed down on Thursday and is currently near the Gulf of Saint Lawrence after suspending its original route to Montreal, Canada, according to vessel data and sources.
“It’s incredibly confusing for where these ships go, whether they will be received or not and if ports will accept them,” said Dan Yergin, vice chairman of energy research and consultancy HIS Markit.The Biden administration is considering following Canada in barring Russian ships from US ports, a government official said on Wednesday, March 2.
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