Izindleko zokuthenga imikhumbi ethwala uwoyela ekwazi ukuhamba emanzini aneqhwa inyukile ngaphambi kokuthi i-European Union ifake unswinyo ekuthengiseni uwoyela ongahluziwe olwandle eRussia ekupheleni kwenyanga.Amanye amathangi e-Aframax asezingeni eliphansi asanda kuthengiswa ngemali ephakathi kuka-$31 million no-$34 million, okuphindwe kabili izinga langonyaka odlule, kusho abanye abathengisi bemikhumbi.Amabhidi wamathangi abe shubile futhi abathengi abaningi bancamela ukugcina imininingwane yabo iyimfihlo, banezela.

Kusukela ngoDisemba 5, i-European Union izovimbela ukungeniswa kukawoyela ongahluziwe waseRussia emazweni angamalungu olwandle futhi ivimbele izinkampani ze-EU ekuhlinzekeni ingqalasizinda yezokuthutha, umshwalense kanye nokuxhasa ngemali ezokuthutha, okungase kuthinte ukuthengwa kwemikhumbi emikhulu yaseRussia egcinwe ngabanikazi bamaGreki. iqembu.

Amathangi amancane anosayizi we-Aframax yiwona adume kakhulu ngoba angashayela ethekwini laseRussia lasePrimorsk, lapho kuthunyelwa khona iningi lama-Urals Russian crude.Cishe angu-15 amathangi e-ice class i-Aframax kanye ne-Long Range-2 asedayisiwe kusukela kuqale unyaka, kanti imikhumbi eminingi izoya kubathengi abangadalulwanga igama labo, kubhala umthengisi wemikhumbi uBraemar embikweni ngenyanga edlule.Thenga.

Ngokusho kwabadayisi bemikhumbi, cishe kunamathangi eqhwa e-Aframax angu-130 emhlabeni wonke, cishe amaphesenti angu-18 awo aphethwe umnikazi waseRussia uSovcomflot.Izigxobo ezisele ziphethwe abanikazi bemikhumbi bakwamanye amazwe, kuhlanganise nezinkampani zaseGreece, nakuba ukuzimisela kwabo ukubhekana neRussian crude kusalokhu kungaqiniseki ngemuva kokuba i-EU imemezele unswinyo.

Imikhumbi yeqhwa iqiniswa ngezimbotshana eziwugqinsi futhi ingabhodloza iqhwa e-Arctic ebusika.Abahlaziyi bathi kusukela ngoDisemba, izinto eziningi ezithunyelwa eRussia ezivela oLwandle iBaltic zizodinga amathangi anjalo okungenani izinyanga ezintathu.Le mikhumbi yezinga leqhwa izovame ukusetshenziselwa ukuthutha uwoyela ongahluziwe usuka ezikhumulweni zokuthumela kwamanye amazwe uyiswe ezikhumulweni eziphephile zase-Europe, lapho ungadluliselwa kweminye imikhumbi engakwazi ukuyisa impahla ezindaweni ezahlukene.

U-Anoop Singh, inhloko yocwaningo lwamathangi, uthe: “Uma sicabanga ukuthi lobu ubusika obujwayelekile, ukushoda okukhulu kwemikhumbi yeqhwa etholakala kulobu busika kungase kubangele ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kukawoyela ongahluziwe waseRussia osuka oLwandle iBaltic kumiswe imiphongolo engaba ngu-500,000 kuya ku-750,000 ngosuku. .”