We are talking about fuel tankers, crude oil tankers (one of them is the Andromeda Star tanker), two gas storage tanks, as well as a cargo ship.
The European Union plans to introduce restrictions against 11 vessels that contribute to the Russian Federation’s ability to continue its war against Ukraine. Bloomberg reported this.
We are talking about four fuel tankers, two crude oil tankers, two gas storage facilities that will be used in the future in the Novatek project for the transshipment of liquefied natural gas on the Kamchatka Peninsula, as well as a cargo ship . One of them is the tanker Andromeda Star, which sank in the Baltic Sea and was found to have invalid European insurance.
It was noted that according to the measures, if approved by the Member States, ships will be prohibited from accessing EU ports and the parking area, and the logistics of their operation will be complicated by the prohibition of using the services of European companies to provide. a number of services.
The proposals are part of an EU effort to deny Moscow the ability to bypass restrictions on Russian oil prices by using shadow fleets, as well as to restrict the movement of ships involved in transportation of goods that generate income for the Russian war machine. , especially in sanctioned industries.
The ban will reportedly apply to insurance and technical assistance, ship supply services, crew replacement services, cargo loading and unloading services, fender installation services and tugboats . European suppliers would be prohibited from engaging in ship-to-ship transfers, the draft said.
The sanctions will also make it harder for these vessels to obtain fuel, but the measures taken by the EU appear to be less severe than those imposed by the US Treasury on some similar vessels.
As part of the same package of sanctions, which will be the 14th, the European Commission also proposed to include some LNG projects and ban the transshipment of Russian LNG from the EU to third countries. European exporters will be required to increase due diligence on their trade practices and could face punitive action if they fail to prevent sanctions on the movement of sensitive goods from evading due to their lack of checks.
Let’s recall that the US Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against approximately 200 individuals and legal entities that provide assistance to the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation and help it evade existing restrictions.
Source: korrespondent
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