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Fully loaded oil tankers from Maersk Tankers may avoid the Red Sea

Oil tankers from Maersk Tankers are not instructed to avoid the Red Sea following the escalation in attacks on merchant ships in the area. But have the option to do so, writes Bloomberg.
It’s not certain that Maersk Tankers’ ships actually will avoid the Red Sea in practice or for how long. In the past, large tanker companies have veered away from the area for short periods of time, but the extra fuel cost and cargo delays have tended to make such deviations temporary. | Photo: Pr/maersk Tankers
It’s not certain that Maersk Tankers’ ships actually will avoid the Red Sea in practice or for how long. In the past, large tanker companies have veered away from the area for short periods of time, but the extra fuel cost and cargo delays have tended to make such deviations temporary. | Photo: Pr/maersk Tankers
By Alaric Nightingale, Bloomberg

Maersk Tankers is to insist its fleet of fuel carriers have the option to avoid the Red Sea following an escalation in attacks on merchant ships in the area.

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