French shipbroker Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) believes Russian-controlled tankers will be largely untouchable as long as the war in Ukraine continues.

“We understand that charterers are now extremely wary of chartering any of these ships (whether sanctioned or not) due to the potential that they could eventually be sanctioned and the previously outlined payment issues,” the company said.

Combined, the capacity of these tankers is 18.3m