- Over 3.7 million barrels of Russian diesel are sitting on ships idling in waters near Brazil, Bloomberg reports.
- Though reasons are unclear, it marks the latest delay in Russian energy flows amid sanctions.
- More Russian ships bound for Brazil are veering off course from their expected routes.
Tankers loaded with millions of barrels of diesel are drifting along the coast of Brazil, Bloomberg reports, the latest delay in Russia's oil shipments amid the West's sanctions.
Bloomberg said Wednesday that vessels carrying over 3.2 million barrels of Russian diesel fuel are languishing in waters off the world's fifth-largest nation, according to data from Kpler.
The reason and how many ships are waiting remain unknown, but the surplus underscores the growing bottlenecks in Russian energy deliveries, amidst escalating US and UK sanctions since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.