Irish dockers are demanding a ban on oil oil oil tankers being hauled into the port

The Irish Government rejected the request of the seafarers' trade unions to refuse to allow a tanker carrying Russian oil aboard.

In early March, Monaco's STI Clapham tanker accepted the cargo at the Łukoil terminal in Wykock, Baltic Sea, and then set off for the British Isles. On March 9, he docked at a terminal on the Thames, and the next day sailed again and headed south through the Dover Strait.

On Friday, during the passage of the tanker "Clapham", near the southern coast of England. The Irish trade union (SIPTU) urged the Irish government to prevent the unit from being wrapped in a port in Dublin, which was its next target.

"Taking into account the staged horror in Ukraine and the progressive invasion of Russia, our members and other port workers do not want to unload a Russian oil tanker," said Karan O'Loughlin, organizer of the SIPTU branch in Friday's statement. "While the EU imposes a number of different sanctions on Russia, the government, for humanitarian reasons, must make it clear and turn the ship around. Accepting this cargo under the present circumstances is unjustified."

Given that the Dublin port is state-owned, O’Loughlin asked the government to exercise its powers and block entry to the oil tanker port. However, the Irish Government has stated that it will not do so and will comply with existing EU sanctions. The European Parliament continues to allow imports of Russian oil and gas, as well as the call to ports of ships associated with Russia.

"We fully understand the concerns of the Siptu members about the oil cargo to come to Dublin port on the weekend," said Transport Minister Eamon Ryan in a Saturday statement. "However, the strongest pressure we can now exert on the Russian government is further assurance that we will maintain a firm, united European response to the already agreed sanctions".

According to AIS data, STI Clapham docked on Sunday night at an oil terminal in Dublin.

Author: SP