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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sandra Laville

Oil supertanker from Russian port to dock in Southampton

The oil is destined for the ExxonMobil Esso Oil refinery in Fawley, near Southampton.
The oil was destined for the ExxonMobil Esso Oil refinery in Fawley, near Southampton. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

A supertanker carrying crude oil that sailed from a Russian port was due to dock in Southampton on Friday with cargo destined for an ExxonMobil refinery.

The Seatribute is one of 148 tankers carrying oil and gas that have left Russian ports since Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine began 14 days ago, according to data on shipping movements gathered by Greenpeace.

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