Moscow’s use of the tankers prohibited by formal sanctions for their involvement in the Russian oil trade is accelerating, with close to one-third of the blacklisted vessels back at work. At least 21 of the 72 tankers sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreig...
President Vladimir Putin has called the tanker spills an "ecological disaster". Hundreds of volunteers have been deployed to scoop up contaminated soil from beaches in Crimea and along Russia's southern coast. Clean-up hampered by conflict The transport ministry said this type of fuel oil was pa...
The Volgoneft-212 tanker, which was carrying a crew of 13 and a cargo of fuel oil, ran aground and had its bow torn away, the Tass news agency reported, citing the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry. Officials said that one crew member died, but that a ...
Last May, the Christophe de Margerie became the first large-capacity cargo vessel to complete an eastbound transit of the Northern Sea Route, two months earlier in the year than the journey traditionally has been made. The Russian tanker Christophe de Margerie is seen as it steams across the...
The Healy escorts Russian tanker through arctic.(NEWS LOG)Hocke, Ken
A video shot from inside one vessel appears to show part of a tanker ripped from the body of the craft, and sinking down into the water. As the camera pans around, about seven members of the crew can be seen in the bridge of the tanker, wearing orange life jackets and looking out at...
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Two energy sources told Reuters in November that energy trader Gunvor had leased the Marshal Vasilevskiy tanker from Russian state-controlled gas company Gazprom for loading an LNG cargo in the United States. That surprised the LNG shipping market because U.S. seaborne LNG is seen as a threat ...
According to Bloomberg, three tankers left the Arctic port of Murmansk in the week leading up to January 26. These vessels, carrying oil pumped by the sanctioned Russian company Gazprom Neft, are travelling through the Suez Canal towards India. ...
The Russian embassy in Kiev also confirmed that the sailors of the Russian tanker are going home while the vessel remains in Ukraine, Russian media reported, citing a spokesman of the embassy. Earlier in the day, Ukrainian Security Service together with the Military Prosecutor's Office had detain...