Ship New to Russia Oil Trade Docks at Port Shaken by Sanctions

(Bloomberg) —

A tanker new to the Russian oil trade docked at the Pacific port of Kozmino over the weekend, as merchants seek to rebuild disrupted supply chains following broad US sanctions last month.

The Ling Hong, a 17-year-old Aframax that changed its name from Suvretta in January, berthed at the port on Saturday, ship-tracking data compiled by Kpler and Bloomberg show. The unsanctioned vessel loaded more than 670,000 barrels of ESPO crude and is expected to deliver its cargo to Dongying port in China’s Shandong province on Feb. 7, according to Kpler.

Sanctions by the outgoing Biden administrat…