Three tankers carrying Russian diesel leave for the United States, one of them under sanctions. The Financial Times. Three tankers loaded with Russian diesel are scheduled to arrive at US ports in the coming weeks, including one blacklisted by European authorities. This increases the legal risks for companies that import this fuel into Israel. The three shipments, totaling approximately 140,000 tons, are the first to be imported by the US authorities as part of the agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The ships include the Hong Kong-owned, Sierra Leone-flagged tanker LaRoe, which is sanctioned by Britain, the European Union and Canada and is scheduled to arrive on the US "Atlantic coast" on Nov. 11, according to ship-tracking platform Maritime Traffic. It left St. Petersburg on October 17 to travel 4,200 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean and was in the North Sea off the coast of Norway on Monday. A day earlier, top Democrats and Republican Senator Tom Tillis warned that American companies would face investigation if they allowed Russian diesel to be imported into the United States. "Any importation of Russian diesel into the US raises serious legal issues and could be subject to lawsuits as well as congressional investigations. Companies that import products in violation of US law may be subject to both criminal and civil penalties," the lawmakers said in a letter sent to the heads of banks, port authorities and fuel distribution companies in the US. Jeremy Finner, a partner at Washington law firm Hughes Hubbard, said Congress is concerned about Trump's temporary license to import Russian diesel, but said the president has the legal right to do so.

Three tankers carrying Russian diesel leave for the United States, one of them under sanctions. The Financial Times. Three tankers loaded with Russian diesel are scheduled to arrive at US ports in the coming weeks, including one blacklisted by European authorities. This increases the legal risks for companies that import this fuel into Israel. The three shipments, totaling approximately 140,000 tons, are the first to be imported by the US authorities as part of the agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The ships include the Hong Kong-owned, Sierra Leone-flagged tanker LaRoe, which is sanctioned by Britain, the European Union and Canada and is scheduled to arrive on the US "Atlantic coast" on Nov. 11, according to ship-tracking platform Maritime Traffic. It left St. Petersburg on October 17 to travel 4,200 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean and was in the North Sea off the coast of Norway on Monday. A day earlier, top Democrats and Republican Senator Tom Tillis warned that American companies would face investigation if they allowed Russian diesel to be imported into the United States. "Any importation of Russian diesel into the US raises serious legal issues and could be subject to lawsuits as well as congressional investigations. Companies that import products in violation of US law may be subject to both criminal and civil penalties," the lawmakers said in a letter sent to the heads of banks, port authorities and fuel distribution companies in the US. Jeremy Finner, a partner at Washington law firm Hughes Hubbard, said Congress is concerned about Trump's temporary license to import Russian diesel, but said the president has the legal right to do so.