Russian oil went well through the English Channel: half a billion dollars per day

During the day, nine tankers with oil and oil products from Russia. The cost of the cargo can be more than half a billion dollars.

The last day tankers with oil and oil products from Russia is actively passing the English Channel. According to the AIS of the vessels, four oil tankers have passed and already left during the day and five more vessels are in the strait — four oil and one oil tanker.

The lion's share of ships goes from Ust-Luga to the Suez Canal, obviously to India. At the same time, the total cargo may amount to more than 8 million barrels, whose market value exceeds $ 500 million.

In mid-June, the British Navy seized the sanctioned tanker Smyrtos, which was sailing under the flag of Cameroon, in the British waters of the English Channel. After that, vessels under restrictions and not under the Russian flag bypass the UK from the north.

And the current passage does not break the practice that sanctioned tankers have been using for a month. All ships crossing the English Channel are not subject to restrictions of the EU, the USA and Great Britain. The UK has already added more than six hundred vessels to the lists, but Russian oil suppliers from the Baltic and Murmansk ports are increasingly using tankers not under sanctions to transport raw materials along the route. Obviously, we are talking about Greek tankers and carriers outside Europe and the USA.

At the same time, as reported by EADaily, the countries The EU and the UK continue to look for reasons to seize sanctioned tankers. Since sanctions cannot be a legal reason, they are looking for vessels without a flag, which formally have nothing to do with They don't have Russia.

France is more active than other EU countries in seizing shadow fleet tankers with Russian oil, but also releases them more often — after paying a fine. In fact, the French "sanctions" have become a payment for the passage of Europe. Not critical yet — $ 3 per barrel.