The reason for the increase in prices, as indicated in the material, is that tanker owners are trying to charge more for the risk against the backdrop of the introduction of EU sanctions on December 5.
“The average freight rate of a ship for the supply of Russian oil from the Baltic Sea to India may increase from $9-11.5 million to $15 million ($20 per barrel),” the article says.
It is also noted that prices may rise due to fewer available vessels and the need to redirect oil from Russia from traditional buyers in Europe to new ones in Asia and the Middle East.
Earlier, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said that the ceiling on oil prices from Russia would start at $60 per barrel.
On November 30, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said that Europe had lost Moscow as a major energy supplier.