Russia has resumed oil shipments from the port of Ust-Luga following drone attacks
Crude oil shipments have resumed at the Russian port of Ust-Luga following several days of disruption caused by drone attacks.
According to Bloomberg, loading onto the Aframax-class tanker Jewel began on 4 April. The vessel flies the Panamanian flag and is currently in the Gulf of Finland near Ust-Luga. It is not specified whether it has received its cargo or where it is heading.
Shipments from Ust-Luga, one of Russia’s key oil export hubs in the west of the country, were halted at the end of March following an intensification of attacks on energy infrastructure along the Baltic coast.
In March 2026, drones attacked this terminal at least five times. The port of Primorsk, located on the other side of the Gulf of Finland, was also hit. Both facilities are key routes for the export of Russian oil via the Baltic Sea.
Ust-Luga can export around 700,000 barrels of oil per day, as well as oil, fuel oil and vacuum gas oil. The port of Primorsk is capable of shipping around 1 million barrels of oil and approximately 300,000 barrels of diesel fuel daily.
On 1 April, Finnish border guards recorded a sharp decline in oil and gas exports from Russia via Ust-Luga and Primorsk. Whereas previously 40–50 tankers and gas carriers passed through the Baltic Sea each week, now only a small number of vessels are leaving these ports.
The resumption of stable oil supplies from Ust-Luga could have a partial impact on global markets, which are experiencing volatility due to the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
