Sanctioned Russian Tanker Carrying Diesel to Cuba Diverts to the South
The tanker carried about 270,000 barrels of diesel and spent weeks drifting after failing to reach Cuba, according to maritime tracking data.
- After drifting for five weeks in the Sargasso Sea, the Russian-flagged tanker Universal abandoned its delivery attempt to Cuba and turned south toward Brazil, carrying 270,000 barrels of diesel fuel.
- The United States has ramped up pressure on Cuba through a fuel import blockade in recent months, while the Universal, under U.S. and European Union sanctions, failed to secure transit permission to the island.
- Departing from Vistino on April 6, the vessel was escorted through the English Channel by a Russian military convoy; the Russian Black Sea Fleet frigate Admiral Grigorovich accompanied it into the Atlantic.
- According to The Insider, only one tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, successfully delivered oil to Cuba this year, transporting around 730,000 barrels after receiving U.S. authorization.
- President Donald Trump's administration indicted former Cuban leader Castro on May 20 over the 1996 aircraft shootdown; Trump has threatened "Cuba is next" while the White House claims the government is weakened.
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Sanctioned Russian Diesel Tanker Fails to Reach Cuba
A Russian tanker carrying 270,000 barrels of diesel fuel, which is under US and EU sanctions, spent weeks trying to reach crisis-hit Cuba, which is also under US sanctions, as well as amid what's essentially become a full energy blockade, but has failed to reach the island nation and turned southward toward Brazil. The exiled Russian outlet, The Insider, has detailed the following based on maritime tracking data: The Russian-flagged tanker Unive…
Moscow's attempt to send fuel to Cuba, a country affected by a massive energy crisis, suffered a failure after an oil tanker on the sanctions list, transporting diesel, failed to reach the island of the Caribbean archipelago and spent entire weeks drifting into the Atlantic Ocean, according to tracking data...
Russia attempted to send fuel to Cuba, which is struggling with an energy crisis, but the tanker carrying petroleum products never arrived, according to ship tracking data reviewed by investigative publication The Insider.
Russian Fuel Tanker Fails to Reach Cuba, Changes Course After Weeks at Sea
Russia's attempt to send fuel to crisis-hit Cuba has hit a setback after a sanctioned tanker carrying diesel failed to reach the island and spent weeks drifting in the Atlantic, according to maritime tracking data reviewed by exiled investigative outlet The Insider.
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