Rising global prices send Brazil-bound Russian diesel elsewhere

The Cameroon-flagged Flora 1, which loaded about 37,000 tonnes of diesel at Primorsk port on March 31, is now sailing toward the Suez Canal, according to the shipping data.

Another vessel, the Aurora, sailing under the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe, executed a U-turn deep in the Atlantic last week. The tanker loaded 37,000 tonnes of diesel at Primorsk on March 22 and was initially destined for Brazil but is now heading toward the Strait of Gibraltar with its final destination still unclear.

Two additional tankers that loaded a combined 106,000 tonnes of diesel in April from Primorsk were stalled and drifting without direction en route to Brazil, according to LSEG. The reason for the stalling wasn't immediately known.