Sanctioned Tanker Is Taking Russian Crude the Long Way to Suez

A tanker hauling Russian crude from the Baltic Sea to India is taking an unusually long route around the UK, just as Britain expands sanctions against Russia’s energy industry.

The Aframax tanker Attica, which was sanctioned by the UK last month for carrying Russian oil, is sailing past Scotland’s Shetland Islands — rather than through the English Channel — as it likely heads to India via the Suez Canal.

That course makes a journey from the Baltic to the Mediterranean about two days, or 25%, longer than the more usual route of passing between England and France.

The UK ...