Abroad
India allows Russians to insure tankers for another month
India has temporarily extended the permits of four Russian companies to insure tankers calling at its ports.
New Zealand imposes new sanctions on 65 Russian tankers
New Zealand has announced the expansion of sanctions against the Russian oil industry and imposed new sanctions against 65 vessels of the so-called “shadow fleet”.
Lukashenko proposed building a port in Mozambique for imports from Russia
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has proposed building a port in Mozambique.
Slovakia orders tankers with Russian oil due to halt in supplies via Druzhba oil pipeline
Slovakia has ordered tankers with Russian oil to Croatia due to the halt in supplies via the Druzhba pipeline.
Kazakhstan failed to reorient exports after failures at the CPC
Kazakhstan managed to redirect only a small part of the oil that the country was unable to export through the CPC pipeline to the Black Sea.
Glaciation of the Gulf of Finland could undermine Russian oil exports, — Bloomberg
Non-ice-class vessels are allowed to pass only with individual icebreaker escorts, and the wait for convoys has stretched to 5–7 days.
Some EU countries oppose certain points of the sanctions package against Russia, — Bloomberg
Some EU member states are wary of imposing sanctions on ports in Georgia and Indonesia.
The UN Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships has entered into force
The United Nations Convention on the International Consequences of Judicial Sales of Ships has entered into force.
Intelligence: China increased imports of Russian oil via “shadow fleet”, India reduced it
In total, in January, tankers of the “shadow fleet” exported 14.3 million tons of oil from the Russian Federation — 1.41 million tons less than in the previous month.
France releases “shadow fleet” tanker Grinch
France has released the Grinch tanker under sanctions after the owner paid a multi-million fine.
