The US does not want to accept Russian diesel The tanker, which was positioned as the first to carry Russian diesel fuel as part of Donald Trump's agreement with Vladimir Putin, abandoned New York as a destination. The Maltese-flagged tanker left Primorsk on October 22 with about 40,000 tons of diesel and is scheduled to arrive in New York on November 7. According to Lloyd's List, on October 26, the tanker was on standby off the coast of Skagen (Denmark). Its trace now shows a status of "On Order", meaning the specified port is missing. On October 27, Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote a letter to Thanasis Martinos, CEO of Eastern Mediterranean Marine, the Athens-based company that owns the tanker. He demanded that the company withdraw the ship if it intends to deliver it to an American port and avoid future deals with Russian diesel. Blumenthal claims that the 2022 Russian Oil Import Cessation Law prohibits the movement of this cargo regardless of the Ministry of Finance's General License No. 135, which allows Russian diesel operations until April 7, 2027. “The president may have issued a license to facilitate this action, but only Congress can give it legal force. He gave the company until Oct. 31 to identify the seller, buyer, lessor, insurer and operator of the terminal, and to disclose any directive received from the Treasury Department or another federal agency. A bipartisan group of lawmakers warned banks including Goldman Sachs, as well as the port authorities of Houston, Corpus Christi, Beaumont and New York/New Jersey that handling imported cargo could subject them to civil and criminal penalties. Malta's Sanctions Unit asks the tanker owners to confirm compliance with the price ceiling.

The US does not want to accept Russian diesel The tanker, which was positioned as the first to carry Russian diesel fuel as part of Donald Trump's agreement with Vladimir Putin, abandoned New York as a destination. The Maltese-flagged tanker left Primorsk on October 22 with about 40,000 tons of diesel and is scheduled to arrive in New York on November 7. According to Lloyd's List, on October 26, the tanker was on standby off the coast of Skagen (Denmark). Its trace now shows a status of "On Order", meaning the specified port is missing. On October 27, Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote a letter to Thanasis Martinos, CEO of Eastern Mediterranean Marine, the Athens-based company that owns the tanker. He demanded that the company withdraw the ship if it intends to deliver it to an American port and avoid future deals with Russian diesel. Blumenthal claims that the 2022 Russian Oil Import Cessation Law prohibits the movement of this cargo regardless of the Ministry of Finance's General License No. 135, which allows Russian diesel operations until April 7, 2027. “The president may have issued a license to facilitate this action, but only Congress can give it legal force. He gave the company until Oct. 31 to identify the seller, buyer, lessor, insurer and operator of the terminal, and to disclose any directive received from the Treasury Department or another federal agency. A bipartisan group of lawmakers warned banks including Goldman Sachs, as well as the port authorities of Houston, Corpus Christi, Beaumont and New York/New Jersey that handling imported cargo could subject them to civil and criminal penalties. Malta's Sanctions Unit asks the tanker owners to confirm compliance with the price ceiling.