The situation we are currently observing in the Atlantic is another signal of growing tensions on the global fuel market, which are intensifying due to the war in Iran and disruptions in global supply chains. As a result, we are currently observing a kind of tug of war between oil-importing countries, which are increasingly forced to seize the raw material from each other.
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The Bloomberg agency gives an example from recent days. Three tankers, Aliai, Minerva Vaso and Grand Ace6, which in recent days left ports filled with American crude and headed for Europe, unexpectedly changed course.
Originally, Aliai sailed to Gibraltar and Minerva Vaso and Grand Ace6 to Amsterdam. Currently, the first of these tankers is located in the Mid-Atlantic near Angola and is sailing southeast towards South Africa. The situation is identical in the case of Minerva Vaso, which is located a little further north. The last of these, Grand Ace6, is currently heading east off the coast of Ghana.
The course of none of them indicates that they will reach Europe in the near future.
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The change in the course of tankers occurs when prices of petroleum products are rising in response to the conflict with Iran. Fuel supplies in Asia are already under severe pressure, and Europe could face severe diesel shortages in the coming weeks if traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is not restored.
