TWO SHIPS TRANSPORT RUSSIAN ENERGY TO A CUBA STILL HESITANT ABOUT ENGAGING WITH MOSCOW AND BEIJING
The Two Confirmed Ships: Maritime intelligence and data firms confirm that two vessels are heading to Cuba carrying substantial energy cargoes. The first, the Anatoly Kolodkin, is a Russian-flagged tanker currently carrying approximately 730,000 barrels of Ural crude. The vessel is under sanctions from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), but it departed from the Russian port of Primorsk and is sailing west, seemingly undeterred by its restricted status. Its crude cargo is destined to supply Cuban refineries, which have struggled to operate at full capacity due to severe raw material shortages....
-The second confirmed vessel is the Hong Kong-flagged Sea Horse, carrying between 190,000 and 200,000 barrels of Russian diesel. Diesel is arguably even more critical than crude oil for Cuba’s immediate energy needs, as it fuels the distributed generating units that account for approximately 40 percent of the island’s electricity generation...
SEE: Two ships transport Russian energy to a Cuba still hesitant about engaging with Moscow and Beijing