Fueling dissent

GIBRALTAR’S port has denied Spanish press reports that it has been helping evade sanctions by refuelling Russian ships.

Not only that, a spokesman added that it has been ‘applying stricter rules than any EU or UK port’.

Port authorities clarified that fuel suppliers topped up two tankers that then passed on

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Spanish press reports that Gib port helping ships evade Russian sanctions denied

By John Culatto

the fuel to Russian ships once they arrived in international waters off Ceuta.

But the Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) claimed they did this

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cents a kilometre.

Politicians from Gibraltar and the surrounding region came to see the new product. It comes complete with LED screens, digital advertising boards and space for up to eight passengers.

‘without express permission of the Captain of the Port’.

It said in a statement they ‘were in fact empty tankers, flagged in third countries, not arriving from Russia, with no indication of any Russian interest’.

“Since January 2013 Gibraltar has forbidden its port operators and service providers from directly or indirectly affecting or providing services for ship-to-ship transfers of any kind outside British Gibraltar

Territorial Waters,” said the GPA.

“It further prohibits the exportation of fenders and associated equipment from Gibraltar in support of operations outside BGTW without express permission of the Captain of the Port and the Minister with responsibility for the Port.”

Gibraltar forbids refuelling on ships flying a Russian flag or are registered, owned, chartered or operated by Russia. It even blocks refuelling of ships that have Russian cargo or are destined for Russia or companies connected with Russia.

Last year, Gibraltar seized a yacht owned by a Russian oligarch and auctioned it off in September 2022.

YOUNGSTERS should play their part in growing links with the Commonwealth, according to Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar Joseph Garcia. He gave a speech at Westside School encouraging Year 12 students to help promote the Rock among the Commonwealth’s 56 member states. Gibraltar has so far taken part in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Commonwealth Local Government Association, the Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.

A £150 pound prize is up for grabs for students of all ages up to university level who can give an account of the subject.