Freight rates for transporting Russian oil remain at record levels Freight costs for shipping Urals crude to India are now around $30 a barrel or more, depending on the ship owner and destination, compared to around $20 in September. The cost of transporting a cargo of about 100,000 metric tons in an Apermax tanker from the Baltic Sea to the West Indies remains around $23 million per voyage, down from $13 million to $16 million in September. The cost of transporting a Suasmax tanker on the same route can be about 27 million dollars. The cost of transporting Ural's crude oil from the Black Sea to India in Suasmax tankers rose to a record of $30 million per voyage, compared to $19 million in September. Oil shipments from the Black Sea have been largely disrupted since the summer due to ongoing drone attacks and tensions in the region. The cost of transporting 140,000 tons of crude oil from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean remained at 952 points on a global scale in October, slightly below the 1,000 points recorded at the beginning of the month, according to shipbroker Riverlake.