JimmyEDI t1_j1vsrmn wrote on December 27, 2022 at 7:47 PM

Reply to comment by rubywpnmaster in Putin bans Russian oil exports to countries that imposed price cap -decree by PatientBuilder499

I don’t know about STS out the coast at Portugal, can you link me a source to these? The frequency of the STS are higher in the Med, The gulf, and the Indian Ocean. They are nutters but they do care for themselves. Also the military can’t seize a tanker if they are not readily visible/transponder is off.

The insurance aspect is however something that does stop them offloading. Which is what was seen by Istanbul.

rubywpnmaster t1_j1xvcb9 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:00 AM

STS/Portuguese- https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/russian-oil-ship-to-ship-transfer-anonymous-chinese-buyer-sanctions-2022-8?amp

I don’t think they’d have much trouble finding the fleet because they are likely already keeping tabs on it.