A Greek-managed aframax tanker has been waiting outside of Es Sider for more than a week, vessel-tracking data shows, as Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) is unwilling to lift force majeure on crude exports due to foreign mercenaries at its facilities.
Minerva Marine’s 104,000-dwt Minerva Eleonora (built 2004) arrived at the eastern Libyan port on 10 September, but the loading operation has yet to start as of early Friday, Kpler data suggests.
