NEXT RUSSIAN OIL CARGO SET TO REACH IMMINGHAM UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS

Destined for Immingham - the oil tanker, SeaVictory, but who is buying its cargo?

THE next consignment of Russian oil is set to arrive in Immingham at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning.

In the wake of the war in Ukraine, Russian ships are barred from UK ports, so this cargo will be on board the tanker, SeaVictory, which sails under the flag of Malta.  

The 15-year-old vessel set sail from the Black Sea port of Tuapse on March 11.

She is understood to  be sailing at a speed of 10.5 knots.

It is not known what organisation is buying the oil, nor to what us it will be put when it arrives in Britain. 

The Grimsby News says: When Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced a ban on Russian ships entering British ports, it was understood by everyone that the purpose was to prevent Putin's murderous regime from making money by importing its products to the UK. So most people will be disgusted that Mr Shapps and the Government are turning a blind to a trade which is helping to fund Putin's unspeakably cruel war that is bringing death and destruction to thousands of innocent people. Many local people will also be dismayed that a major regional employer, ABP Humber, is a willing party to this shameful trade, whether it be in oil, timber, fish or whatever. In effect, any organisation  that colludes, directly or indirectly, with the Kremlin is behaving as if it were Putin's poodle. What ABP is doing may be 'lawful', but it is morally wrong. And the company knows it is wrong. It should refuse entry to the SeaVictory and end all trading links with Russia forthwith.