A ship carrying Russian oil has diverted to waters off the South West coast after a Welsh port denied its entry.
The ship known as The Archelaos was travelling to Milford Haven having been filled with diesel at Primorsk in Russia. The latest shipping data from real-time vessel database service Marine Traffic suggests the ship is now bound for Antwerp, and its location as of 7am appeared to be just off the Cornish coast.
Diesel terminal Puma Energy was scheduled to offload the cargo on Tuesday (March 8) but said the tanker would no longer call in Pembrokeshire, and it was looking into other diesel providers for the UK, according to a statement shared with the BBC. It is the second Russian Ship turned away after the Welsh port denied the Louie to dock last Friday.
