Shadow fleet VLCC takes oil from sanctioned Sovcomflot tanker at transshipment hotspot

Transshipments involving sanctioned Russian crude tankers have been confirmed off Malaysia, according to oil analytics company Kpler.

Analysts there have tracked ship-to-ship (STS) operations off the country's east coast featuring cargoes of Russian oil carried by two Sovcomflot suezmaxes.

New cargo transfer location emerges off Hong Kong as aframaxes unload Russian oil

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The US-blacklisted 156,000-dwt Belgorod (built 2010) and 156,600-dwt Bratsk (built 2009) offloaded their cargoes around 21 and 29 March, respectively, shipping data showed.