Sanctioned Tankers Carrying Russia Oil Now Idling Off China
- Three vessels with 2 million barrels near coast of Shandong
- Washington announced aggressive package of measures on Friday
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Three tankers carrying more than 2 million barrels of Russian oil are floating in waters off eastern China after they were sanctioned by the US on Friday, according to ship-tracking data.
The Huihai Pacific was due to arrive at Dongjiakou in Shandong province on Jan. 15, after loading nearly 770,000 barrels of ESPO crude from the Russian Pacific port of Kozmino earlier in the month, according to data intelligence firm Kpler. However, it changed course over the weekend and is now parked offshore and laden with oil.