HOW MUCH RUSSIAN CARGO IS FLOWING INTO BRITAIN THROUGH HUMBER PORTS?

 

Controversial - this tanker is believed to have been carrying a consignment from Russia 

THE Russian war effort in Ukraine continues to be boosted by trade conducted through British ports including those in Grimsby and Immingham.

The income generated through sales of products such as oil and fish amounts to millions of roubles which is all helping to  keep the Russian economy afloat.

Indirectly, this in turn finances the killing of thousands of people - including women and children - and the devastation of Ukrainian cities.

According to reports white fish from Russian waters was yesterday being unloaded at one of the Grimsby docks, while oil  was being discharged in Immingham.

Although Russian-registered ships are currently banned from  entering British ports, there is plenty of scope for them to continue trading by transferring product to non-Russian ships.

Particular controversial was this week's arrival in Immingham of Seacod, an oil products tanker built in 2006.

She flies under the flag of Germany and arrived here seven days after setting sail from the Russian port of Primorsk.

She left Immingham yesterday afternoon and is now somewhere in the North Sea en route for the Swedish port of Goteborg where she is due to arrive on Sunday.

The Grimsby News says: There are many businesses in our area which, directly or directly, have  longstanding links with Russia. In the wake of the tragedy in Ukraine, there is no doubt their bosses (and employees)  will have been confronted with difficult  moral  considerations. There is an old saying that principles count for nothing until they are put to the test. It is to be hoped that most, if not all, deem ethics more important than profit.