Ships Still Switch Russian Oil Off Greece Despite Navy Drills
- Urals cargo transfer takes place outside military drill zones
- Greek navy drills fail to eliminate oil transfers off Laconian
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Tankers carrying Russian oil are still conducting cargo switches with other vessels off Greece’s south coast, despite Greek military drills aimed at deterring such activities.
The supertanker Alma is receiving crude from smaller tanker Sagar Violet in a narrow channel located between two areas near the country’s Laconian Gulf where military drills have taken place since May, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. Sagar Violet is loaded with about 730,000 barrels of Russia’s flagship Urals crude.