The UK Armed Forces’ seizure over the weekend of a "shadow fleet" tanker — the Cameroon-flagged Smyrtos, which was transporting a 730,000 barrel cargo of Russian crude oil across the English Channel on its way to the Suez Canal in Egypt — is unlikely to have any tangible impact on Russian oil shipments from Baltic and Black Sea ports, industry sources say.
UK 'Shadow' Tanker Seizure Unlikely to Disrupt Russian Exports
Western-insured vessels that are over 20 years old are taking Russian crude, via European waters, to the Suez Canal, data shows.
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