Blood Oil: The Finnish Oil Tanker SWORD Transports 100,000 Tons of Russian Oil to France
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reports:
On 12 March 2022, the Finnish oil tanker SWORD was detected in the Black Sea, going from the port of Novorossiysk (Russia) to the port of Fos-Sur-Mer (France) with a cargo of about 100,000 tons of Russian oil. ETA: 2022-03-19 13:00 LT (UTC +1)
Reference: 100,000 tons of Russian URALS oil costs about $68 million, which is equivalent to the cost of about 10 Russian Kalibr cruise missiles.
Name: SWORD
Vessel Type: Crude Oil Tanker
IMO: 9783631
MMSI: 311000765
Call Sign: C6DR8
Flag: Bahamas [BS]
Summer DWT: 104026 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 228.6 x 42 m
Year Built: 2018
Ship manager/Commercial manager: LUNDQVIST REDERIERNA AB, Norra Esplanadgatan 9B, AX-22100 Mariehamn, Aland, Finland.
Registered owner: LUNDQUIST SHIPPING CO LTD, Care of Lundqvist Rederierna AB , Norra Esplanadgatan 9B, AX-22100 Mariehamn, Aland, Finland.
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