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| Seavictory - oil-laden tanker never made it to Immingham (photo: vesselfinder.com) |
A TANKER laden with oil from Russia is now headed for The Netherlands after being refused entry to the port of Immingham.
Seavictory is scheduled to arrive at Vlissingen near Antwerp at 10am today.
The vessel left the Black Sea port of Tuapse on March 11 and arrived at the mouth of the Humber on March 27.
But since her departure, sanctions against Russia have tightened because the lucrative oil trade is largely the means by which Putin is funding his cruel war in Ukraine.
The UK Government made it clear to ABP Humber that, under no circumstances, should the oil be unloaded at Immingham.
It is not known if the cargo will be unloaded at Vlissingen, once a hub of the slave trade, or if the Dutch port is simply providing a temporary refuge pending a time when Seavictory can be redirected elsewhere, possibly back to Russia..
The tanker sails under the flag of Malta which has retained close links with Russia and is thought to be where many of its oligarchs have transferred their wealth.
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