Inside the ‘gold rush’ of Russian oil shipments where one voyage can cover a year’s income

Russian cargoes offering shipowners a year’s worth of money for 30 days of work and huge wages to poach Russian-speaking staff are new realities in the tanker market swayed by war and sanctions.

Owners offered TradeWinds a look inside the new world that has created a gold rush in some circles more than two years on from Vladimir Putin’s troops first crossing the border into Ukraine.