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Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute

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Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute

Gov. Mikie Sherrill is fighting to block a shipment of diesel fuel from docking in New Jersey.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • USO United States Oil Fund+13.9% 30d

    United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “diesel” (oil) in this story.

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR+12.1% 30d

    Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “diesel” (oil) in this story.

  • BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF-3.3% 17d

    Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks tanker freight rates. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • FRO Frontline+14.2% 30d

    Frontline (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    DHT Holdings (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • INSW International Seaways+1.7% 11d

    International Seaways (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Teekay Tankers (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings+13.4% 16d

    ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “diesel” (oil) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
USONo price data for this ticker———————
XLENo price data for this ticker———————
BWETNo price data for this ticker———————
FRO-2.94%-2.39%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
DHT-1.70%-2.24%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
INSW+1.66%-0.13%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
TNK+0.20%-1.49%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XOMNo price data for this ticker———————

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute New Jersey 101.5

Source: New Jersey 101.5

Price since this story was published: United States Oil Fund (USO)

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
DHT Holdings (DHT)three days earlier-2.24%final price
DHT Holdings (DHT)five days earlier-1.70%final price
Frontline (FRO)three days earlier-2.39%final price
Frontline (FRO)five days earlier-2.94%final price
International Seaways (INSW)three days earlier-0.13%final price
International Seaways (INSW)five days earlier+1.66%final price
Teekay Tankers (TNK)three days earlier-1.49%final price
Teekay Tankers (TNK)five days earlier+0.20%final price

Members of Congress who traded United States Oil Fund (USO) near this story

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United States Oil Fund (USO) on one side of this energy story

Likely winners

  • FRO Frontline

    In “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute,” Frontline (FRO) tends to benefit, medium confidence. Reason on file: Frontline (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    For “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute,” DHT Holdings (DHT) tends to benefit, medium confidence. Reason on file: DHT Holdings (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story

  • INSW International Seaways

    For “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute,” International Seaways (INSW) tends to benefit, medium confidence. Reason on file: International Seaways (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Teekay Tankers (TNK) tends to benefit, medium confidence in the 1 Nov 2026 story “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute.” Reason on file: Teekay Tankers (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story

No up or down call on file

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “diesel” (oil) in this story

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    In “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “diesel” (oil) in this story

  • BWET Amplify Commodity Trust

    Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 1 Nov 2026 story “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute.” Reason on file: Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks tanker freight rates. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings

    ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 1 Nov 2026 story “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute.” Reason on file: ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “diesel” (oil) in this story

United States Oil Fund (USO) and the energy link

United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute,” the 1 Nov 2026 Energy story.

The link for United States Oil Fund (USO) is this: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “diesel” (oil) in this story

Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is here too. Its reason reads: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “diesel” (oil) in this story

Price levels for United States Oil Fund (USO)

BWET traded between 788.51 and 1047.07 across 17 sessions. The latest close on file is 907.20. USO traded between 141.82 and 171.80 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 168.83. XLE traded between 62.06 and 70.15 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 70.00.

A simple score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Russian diesel tanker headed to port of New York and New Jersey amid legal dispute” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.