Tanker of Russian Oil Booked for U.S. Changes Course for France

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A tanker carrying around 1 million barrels of Russian oil changed its destination for France after initially signaling the U.S. Atlantic Coast, according to ship tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

The Beijing Spirit, loaded in Murmansk, Russia, over the weekend, and was signaling Philadelphia before changing for Le Havre in France as the next port of call. It is set to reach the destination on March 13. The tanker is carrying Russia’s arctic Varandey crude oil, according to Bloomberg data.