German customs have seized the tanker Eventine, which had been anchored off the coast of the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea since mid-January
The tanker was confiscated on March 14 along with a cargo of about 100 thousand tons of oil worth about 40 million euros. Now the German authorities are deciding how and where to safely pump oil from the tanks of Eventine and what to do with the tanker
At the end of February, the EU authorities included Eventine in the sanctions list against Russia, considering it a tanker of the Russian shadow fleet. Der Spiegel notes that by deciding to confiscate it, the German authorities are sending a signal that they will not tolerate the transit of Russian oil through the Baltic Sea
