Sanctions
Russia used the world’s largest floating LNG storage facility for shadow exports
Russia began using the world’s largest floating storage of liquefied natural gas in the “shadow fleet”.
The Russians placed a new gas processing platform near the Arctic LNG 2 berth
The LNG production platform was towed away from Murmansk, however, it is not known whether it will be launched due to the sanctions.
The sanctioned gas carrier was exposed for transshipment of Russian LNG from ship to ship
A sub-sanctioned gas carrier tried to transfer a cargo of Russian LNG at sea using the ship-to-ship method.
The US Ministry of Finance has imposed sanctions against Russian LNG tankers
The new sanctions are part of measures aimed at nearly 400 legal entities and individuals for supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Under-sanctioned Russian tankers resumed work
Half a million tons of Russian oil are headed to buyers on vessels that are under sanctions of the Western coalition.
France again did not let a Russian frigate into its ports
The Russian frigate “Standart” was not allowed to enter the port of Granville in France, where it was supposed to take part in the festival of sailboats.
“Ship to ship” transshipment of Russian diesel increased in the Aegean Sea
The number of STS (“ship-to-ship”) operations with Russian diesel fuel is increasing in the Aegean Sea.
Israel imposed sanctions against 18 Iranian tankers: some of them were transporting Russian oil
For the first time, Israel applied sanctions against the Iranian tanker fleet – 18 vessels with a total deadweight of almost 1.9 million tons were included in the sanctions list.
The UAE banned tankers with Russian oil from entering their ports
The United Arab Emirates banned Eswatini-flagged tankers involved in the so-called shadow fleet of the Russian Federation from entering the ports.
India has increased its import of Russian oil by 1000% since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Currently, crude oil imports to India depend on the Russian Federation for 40% — the country will import 1,000% more Russian oil than in 2021.
