> Crude oil tankers, including Troitsky Bridge vessel, lie at anchor in Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia, December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
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> Nov 15 (Reuters) – Denmark will be tasked with inspecting and potentially blocking Russian oil tankers sailing through its waters under new European Union plans, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, as the West explores more ways of enforcing a price cap on Moscow’s crude.
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> The Group of Seven countries, the European Union and Australia imposed a $60 per barrel cap last December on sea-borne exports of Russian crude due to the conflict in Ukraine, but a rally in global oil prices this year has meant much of Russian oil has traded above the cap.
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> Denmark would target tankers transiting through the Danish straits without Western insurance, the FT report said, adding that all of Russia’s oil shipped through the Baltic Sea, or roughly 60% of its total seaborne exports, crosses the Danish straits on its way to international markets.
Who’s ready for a heist boys? We resell the oil to China, perfect plan.
Well Denmark could indeed, but if such a tanker decides to ignore inspection, you would have to forcibly board them. That is going to be problematic if Russia decides to post armed personnel on them.
My point is: If we ask Denmark to fulfill this task, we should make sure all the eventualities are covered and supported by the other member states.
Except for the fact that the Danish straits are international waterways with freedom of navigation for all commercial shipping as per the Copenhagen Convention of 1857, later reaffirmed by Article 282 of the Treaty of Versailles.
So we should bring back Øresundtolden is what you are saying
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> Crude oil tankers, including Troitsky Bridge vessel, lie at anchor in Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia, December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
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> Nov 15 (Reuters) – Denmark will be tasked with inspecting and potentially blocking Russian oil tankers sailing through its waters under new European Union plans, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, as the West explores more ways of enforcing a price cap on Moscow’s crude.
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> The Group of Seven countries, the European Union and Australia imposed a $60 per barrel cap last December on sea-borne exports of Russian crude due to the conflict in Ukraine, but a rally in global oil prices this year has meant much of Russian oil has traded above the cap.
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> Denmark would target tankers transiting through the Danish straits without Western insurance, the FT report said, adding that all of Russia’s oil shipped through the Baltic Sea, or roughly 60% of its total seaborne exports, crosses the Danish straits on its way to international markets.
Who’s ready for a heist boys? We resell the oil to China, perfect plan.
Well Denmark could indeed, but if such a tanker decides to ignore inspection, you would have to forcibly board them. That is going to be problematic if Russia decides to post armed personnel on them.
My point is: If we ask Denmark to fulfill this task, we should make sure all the eventualities are covered and supported by the other member states.
Lets go! This should be payback for Russia threatening to nuke Denmark many years ago: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-threatens-denmark-with-nuclear-weapons-if-it-tries-to-join-nato-defence-shield-10125529.html
Dew it!
Except for the fact that the Danish straits are international waterways with freedom of navigation for all commercial shipping as per the Copenhagen Convention of 1857, later reaffirmed by Article 282 of the Treaty of Versailles.
So we should bring back Øresundtolden is what you are saying
Sound toll 2.0.
Common Denmark, do it!
Would? Or could?
Wouldn’t that literally be an act of war?