Chennai: An India-bound oil tanker carrying Russian crude has abruptly reversed course in the Baltic Sea, raising concerns over possible disruptions in the oil trade between India and Russia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

The vessel, identified as Furia, had loaded around 730,000 barrels of Urals crude from Russia’s Primorsk port and was originally headed for Sikka port in Gujarat. The tanker turned back and updated its destination to Port Said in Egypt, after reaching the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany, as reported by The New Indian Express. The turnaround of the tanker suggests potential shipping, insurance, other complexities arising from sanctions enforcement and issues linked to the latest US sanctions.

The fresh sanctions on Russian energy majors, including Rosneft and

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