The supply chain crisis of Russian crude is believed to have led to floating storage opportunities for aframax tanker owners including Sovcomflot and TMS Tankers.
Since contamination matters were first reported at the 4,000-km Druzhba pipeline during the Easter weekend, Urals crude with higher-than normal organic chlorides had been exported at a nearly unabated pace from Ust Luga until 10 May, according to industry estimates.
