(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) A tanker congestion formed on Monday in the territorial waters
of Türkiye after a number of countries entered into force price
cuts for Russian oil. This was reported by the British newspaper
Financial Times, trend reports citing tass .
According to them, the congestion is due to the fact that
Türkiye demanded additional confirmation of tanker insurance.
Permission to enter the Bosporus and Dardanelles is awaited by 19
vessels with oil. The first tanker arrived there on November 29 and
waited in line for six days.
A spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Transport and
Infrastructure has not yet responded to the newspaper's request for
comment.
The G7 countries, the EU and Australia have agreed to impose a
$60 per barrel price ceiling on Russian oil delivered by sea for
their subordinate vessels and territories from December 5. In
addition, from February 5, 2023, marginal prices for petroleum
products will come into effect, the parameters of which will be set
later. The decision on the embargo on Russian oil supplies to the
EU countries remained in force and also came into effect on
December 5, but it will not yet affect fuel supplies via the
Druzhba pipeline to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian
Federation Dmitry Peskov, Moscow will not accept a price ceiling
for Russian oil. According to him, the Kremlin will additionally
report on how further work will be organized.
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