Turkish tanker BLACK STAR has been banned from entering Barcelona, Spain, on Apr 27, and as of Apr 28 was drifting off Barcelona, waiting obviously, for instructions. Tanker is loaded with palm oil and oil derivatives, the problem being the source of this cargo – Spanish Authorities have sound reasons to believe, that the cargo was loaded from Russian tanker ANDREY PERVOZVANNIY in waters off Malta during Apr 23-25, in STS operation. EU sanctioned not just Russian ships, but Russian cargoes as well, if they’re bound for EU ports. ANDREY PERVOZVANNIY as of Apr 28, was sailing in western Med, having Ceuta as next port of destination. Voyage started in Singapore, tanker arrived at Malta waters from Singapore via Port Klang Malaysia, via Colombo, Jeddah and Suez, cargoes of palm oil and derivatives understood were loaded along this route, in port tanker called.
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