A loophole allows foreign ships carrying Russian oil to be transported to the UK — but workers refused to unload goods from a ship last week

A loophole allows foreign ships carrying Russian oil to be transported to the UK — but workers refused to unload goods from a ship last week

The UK government introduced a last week, but there's a loophole: The ban doesn't cover cargo. Since then, and because of the loophole, several ships carrying Russian gas or oil have been allowed to dock in the UK, according to the But on Sunday, a German-flagged ship carrying Russian oil hit a different a hold-up when workers in the UK refused to unload it. The ship, Seacod, was forced to continue on its journey after workers refused to unload the vessel near the Stanlow oil refinery in Ellesmere Port in northwest England, per the Guardian. India's Essar Group owns the Stanlow oil refinery. The incident came after the Unite union, which represents the Stanlow workers, told Essar on Friday that its members would "under no circumstances unload any Russian oil regardless of the nationality of the vessel which delivers it," the Guardian reported. The union's general secretary called on the UK government to close the loophole immediately. confirmed the incident, saying the vessel had set sail before the invasion of Ukraine and the introduction of UK government sanctions. In a statement, Essar said it "remains deeply concerned by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine and is fully complying with the