U.S. Takes Aim At 100 Oil Tankers

• 14.11.2023, 12:05

Ship management companies have received notices.

The U.S. Treasury Department suspects 100 vessels of violating Western sanctions on Russian oil. Ship management companies in approximately 30 countries have received notices.

Reuters writes about this citing its sources. The U.S. Treasury has not officially commented on this information.

Some tankers were involved in lifting Russian oil from the Pacific port of Kozmino, while others had loaded at the port of Primorsk on the Gulf of Finland. In particular, one of the companies that received a request for information was Turkish Beks Shipping.

Ship management companies in approximately 30 countries received notices. The publication notes that this is the largest U.S. investigation since Washington and its allies introduced a price limit on Russian oil.