February 07, 2023 15:21 GMT
January Urals Ship-to-Ship Transfers at Record High in Med
OIL
Ship-to-ship (STS) loadings of Russian Urals crude in the Mediterranean hit a record high in January according to Refinitiv.
- STS volumes in the Mediterranean for deliveries to Asia jumped eight-fold in January from December to a record-high of 1.7 million tonnes.
- 1 million tonnes of Urals blend were loaded via STS operations in January near the Spanish port of Ceuta in the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Around 600,000 tonnes were loaded near the Greek port of Kalamata.
- All the cargoes were delivered to Asia, mainly to India, where at least 800,000 tonnes of Urals were expected to arrive from January’s operations.
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