Blood Oil: The Greek Oil Tanker NISSOS CHRISTIANA Transports 100,000 Tons of Russian Oil to Istanbul
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reports:
On 13 March 2022, the Greek oil tanker NISSOS CHRISTIANA was detected in the Black Sea, going from the port of Novorossiysk (RU) to the port of ISTANBUL (TR) with a cargo of about 100,000 tons of Russian oil. ETA: 2022-03-14 11:00 LT (UTC +3).
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.
ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
NISSOS CHRISTIANA
IMO: 9694658
Vessel Type: Crude Oil Tanker
MMSI: 241359000
Call Sign: SVCC9
Flag: Greece [GR]
Summer DWT: 114264 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 251.98 x 45.04 m
Year Built: 2015
Home Port: PIRAEUS
Ship manager/Commercial manager
KYKLADES MARITIME CORP - 2, Ethnarchou Makariou Street & Dimitrios Falireos Street, 185 47 Piraeus, Greece.
ISM Manager
KYKLADES MARITIME CORP - 2, Ethnarchou Makariou Street & Dimitrios Falireos Street, 185 47 Piraeus, Greece.
Registered owner
CHRISTIANA MARINE CORP - Care of Kyklades Maritime Corp (Kyklades Naftiki Eteria), 2, Ethnarchou Makariou Street & Dimitrios Falireos Street, 185 47 Piraeus, Greece.
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