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New Russian STS Transfer Hubs Emerge

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Offshore Ceuta (Spain) and Kalamata (Greece) are emerging as key hubs for STS transfers of Russian Urals, involving 9% and 11% of Russian Urals exports in December, respectively according to Vortexa.

  • This contrasts with other STS locations, which accounted for only 3% of December exports.
  • This reflects the change in sentiment towards Urals STS activity in certain locations pre-war vs post-war and the new routes which have arisen to East of Suez.
  • Pre-war, offshore Skaw (Denmark) was the prominent location for Urals STS activity.
  • Post-war, the North Atlantic coast (close to Azores) was initially a key location for Urals STS activity, accounting for 60% of the STS activity of Russian Urals from May 2022 to August 2022.

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