Dozens of tankers from the "shadow fleet" of the Russian Federation were anchored after the latest US sanctions

At least 65 oil tankers stopped in Russian ports, as well as off the coast of China, Iran and Singapore. On Friday, the US Ministry of Finance imposed sanctions against Russian oil producers Gazprom Oil and Surgutneftegas, as well as against 183 ships that transported Russian oil because sanctions are aimed at income that Moscow used to finance war with Ukraine. After that, at least 65 oil tankers were stuck in ports around the world. Reuters writes about it.

According to ship tracking data, at least 65 oil tankers have thrown anchor in different places, including the shores of China and Russia, since the United States has announced a new package of sanctions on January 10. According to a Marinetraffic analysis and LSEG ship tracking, five of these tankers stood on anchors near Chinese ports, seven more thrown anchor off the shores of Singapore, and the rest stopped off the coast of Russia in the Baltic Sea and in the Far East.

Yes, the Huihai Pacific tanker had to arrive in Dunziakou in Shandong province on January 15, after loading nearly 770,000 barrels of ESPO oil from the Russian Pacific Port Kozmino at the beginning of the month. However, last weekend, tanker changed the course and now threw an anchor on the open sea. And the Mermar ship came out of Kozmino on January 5, from more than 755,000 ESPO barrels and had to go to Yantay's port this week, but now expects off the coast.

The Olia ship came out of the Russian port from January 7 of almost 709,000 barrels of this oil and also headed to Yanti, but is now in the Yellow Sea. The stuck Russian ships include another 25 oil tankers, which stood in different places, including near Iranian ports, as well as not far from the Suez Canal. The Chinese company Shandong Port Group has banned the US tankers to go into their ports, trands last week said.

Analysts estimated that about 10% of the world's oil tanker fleet came under US sanctions. At the same time, rates on tankers are increasing because vessels without sanctions are in demand. According to market estimates, the average daily earnings for superstankers jumped on Monday by 10% compared to the previous day and amounted to about $ 26 thousand.