Greece releases the Russian tanker it had last week
The Russian tanker crude seized last week by Greek authorities and released, a government spokesman confirmed to CNNi.
Greece freezes tanker with 19 Russian crew members on April 15 as part of sanctions of the EU.
A spokesman for the Greek Ministry of Shipping told CNNi that the competent Principle of Combating Money Laundering from Criminal Activities ordered the boat to be released. The spokesman added that the release had not yet begun and could not provide further details.
The Pegasus, which was renamed the Lana in March, had previously reported an engine problem. The tanker due to mechanical damage was accompanied by a tug to the Peloponnese, where the oil would be transhipped to another tanker, but in Cape Doro, due to adverse weather conditions, anchored in the sea area of Karystos, Athyko reported.
The organization United against nuclear Iran (UANI), which monitors the flow of Iranian-linked tankers via ships and satellite tracking, said Pegas had loaded about 700,000 barrels of crude oil from the Iranian island of Siri on August 19, 2021. to unload the cargo in a Turkish port before heading to Greece, according to UANI.
Earlier this month, the EU targeted Russian-flagged ships from the ports of the 27-nation bloc, with some exceptions, as it approved new sweeping sanctions on Russia for what the Kremlin describes as a “special military operation”.