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

A new ship-to-ship (STS) transfer site for Russian oil has been revealed.

Analytics company Kpler identified two aframaxes owned by sanctioned Russian state shipowner Sovcomflot discharging their cargoes of Sakhalin crude to a veteran Chinese-controlled ship.

VLCC ends month-long odyssey in China after transfer of oil from sanctioned aframaxes

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According to the company’s vessel tracking and market intelligence, the 105,000-dwt Zaliv Vostok and Zaliv Baikal (both built 2009) transferred 700,000 barrels of oil to the 106,000-dwt Hannah (built 2003) on 15 and 27 February, respectively.