Russian shadow fleet ships have started to circumvent British and French waters after the two countries stepped up interceptions of the sanctioned vessels.Five sanctioned tankers that had called at Primorsk, Russia’s largest oil-loading port, on Friday were making their way around the UK through the north Atlantic rather than taking the much shorter English Channel route, according to ship tracking data.
A further two close to the Portuguese coast had also taken the long route around the UK.
The diversions, which involve more than a day of extra sailing for each ship, come after 13 tankers were intercepted by French, British and Swedish militaries this year.
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