Greek tanker operators have returned to shipping Russian crude oil following the initial upheaval of the European ban on seaborne imports from 5 December, according to shipping and cargo data.

Ships owned or managed by Greek companies including TMS Tankers, Dynacom and Metrostar have loaded Russian Urals crude at the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk over the last two weeks, according to Kpler cargo data.