EU’s sanctions against Russia risk ensnaring more oil tankers

The EU sanctions on Russian oil may deprive a significant number of tanker operators of basic industry insurance, thereby constituting a potential threat to US efforts to prevent oil supply problems.
Photo: Bjoern Kils/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Bjoern Kils/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Alberto Nardelli, Christopher Condon and Alaric Nightingale, bloomberg news

The European Union’s latest sanctions on Russian petroleum could end up depriving a swath of the world’s tanker fleet of industry standard insurance, a move that threatens to undermine US efforts to avert an oil supply shock.

Already a subscriber?Log in here

Read the whole article

Get access for 7 days for free. No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.

With your free trial you get:

  • Access all locked articles
  • Receive our daily newsletters
  • Access our app
  • Must be at least 8 characters, including three of: Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols
    Must contain at least 2 characters
    Must contain at least 2 characters

    Get full access for you and your coworkers

    Start a free company trial today

    Share article

    Sign up for our newsletter

    Stay ahead of development by receiving our newsletter on the latest sector knowledge.

    Newsletter terms

    Front page now

    Further reading