An oil tanker sanctioned by the US appears to be headed to China via the Northern Sea Route in a sign of how Russia’s growing fleet of blacklisted vessels could be put to use.
The 118,000-dwt Viktor Bakaev (built 2013) was steaming off the northern coast of Norway on Monday, signalling its destination as the eastern Chinese port of Zhoushan, according to Kpler ship and cargo tracking data.
