Shipments of Russian oil by sea decreased by 25% in a week (from April 8 to 15). However, the shipment rate has fallen so far to just a two-month low.. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing ship tracking data..

In total, 30 tankers loaded about 21.8 million barrels of oil, that is, an average of 3.12 million barrels per day.

It is clarified that according to the estimates of the agency, the volume of traffic to Asia from ports on the Black Sea, Baltic and Arctic coasts fell to a minimum in two months..

The largest drop in daily shipments was in the ports on the Black Sea, where the figure decreased by 59% (a decrease of 313 thousand. barr. in a day).

Deliveries from the country's three eastern terminals on the Pacific coast also decreased by 205,000. barr. per day, or 17%.

Reduced oil exports mean reduced income for Moscow. At current crude oil export duty rates, weekly deliveries will bring in about $181 million, down $60 million from the previous week..

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