Oil Exports From Russia’s Busiest Port Unencumbered by Sanctions

By Serene Cheong

Feb 19, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Crude-oil exports from Russia’s main Pacific terminal remain robust as shippers and traders — yet again — work around a fresh batch of curbs from the US, enlisting a new roster of vessels to keep barrels moving.

Between Jan. 30 and Feb. 16, none of the sixteen tankers that loaded ESPO crude from the eastern port of Kozmino was on the US sanctions list, data from Bloomberg and Kpler show, after Washington broadened curbs early last month. Half of them are new to handling the local ESPO grade, data show.

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