Nineteen oil tankers remain today anchored off the coast turkish coasts, after being put into power the ceiling on the price of Russian crude oil, as Ankara requests new certificates for the insurance coverage of the ships, as reported by the Financial Times and relayed by the Athens News Agency.
Oil tankers have anchored near the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, two straits that connect Black Sea ports to international markets.
The G7, Australia and the EU27 imposed a $60-a-barrel price ceiling on Russian crude shipped by ship in retaliation for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow warned today that the cap will destabilize energy markets internationally, emphasizing that the measure is not going to have an impact on “special military operation” — as he calls the invasion of Russian troops — in Ukraine.
According to the Financial Times report, four of its executives petroleum industry reported that the Turkish authorities have requested new certificates of full insurance coverage for every tanker in the country’s territorial waters.
Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Ministry did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Source: News Beast
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