Russian ship carrying oil docks in Cuba, allowed to proceed despite US energy blockade

Sanctioned Russian tanker docks in Cuba after U.S. allows passage

Cuba used to receive most of its oil from Venezuela, but those shipments were halted ever since the U.S. attacked the South American country and arrested its leader in early January.

U.S. allows passage of sanctioned Russian tanker into Cuba despite energy blockade

Shortage of petroleum has exacerbated Cuba’s deep economic crisis as the country relies on imports to sustain its energy grid

Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba after U.S. allows passage

HAVANA -- A Russian tanker docked Tuesday at the Cuban port of Matanzas laden with 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the first time in three months that an oil tanker reached the island.

Russian oil tanker enters anchorage of Cuba's Matanzas port

A Russia-flagged tanker carrying some 700,000 barrels of crude arrived in Cuba's Matanzas Bay at daybreak on Tuesday, according to a Reuters witness ​and shipping data, marking the first significant oil delivery since the Trump administration cut ‌off the island's fuel supply.

Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba after US blockade relief

A Russian oil tanker docked in a Cuban port on Tuesday to deliver the first crude shipment to the island since January after Washington gave the crisis-hit country a reprieve from its fuel blockade.

Sanctioned Russian tanker docks in Cuba after U.S. allows passage despite energy blockade

Cubans including Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy cheered the ship’s arrival. A shortage of petroleum has exacerbated a deep economic crisis that has left the population mired in long blackouts and facing a severe shortage of food and medicine.