The vessel, operated by the Greek company Eastern Mediterranean Maritime, began moving away from the American coast on Monday. Bloomberg reported that it is traveling slowly and in a zigzag pattern.

The tanker left the port of Primorsk in late October with New York listed as its destination and was expected to arrive on November 7. It later changed its destination status to "awaiting orders" and cut its speed to 6–6.5 knots from 10.7 knots at the start of the voyage.

Responding to a Bloomberg request, Eastern Mediterranean Maritime said the tanker was still "awaiting orders" and that no discharge port had been confirmed. According to LSEG and Kpler, cited by Reuters, the vessel is drifting off the US east coast.

Agioi Fanendes was the last of four diesel tankers that set out from Russia for the United States in late October. The Talisman turned back en route to the Mediterranean and dropped anchor at the port of Alexandria in Egypt. The Leruo changed course for Brazil and switched off its coordinate transmission. The Beast, loaded at Primorsk on October 28, was in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Britain overnight on November 7.

No vessel carrying Russian diesel has yet reached US shores, according to ship-tracking data.

Donald Trump announced the diesel supply agreement with Vladimir Putin on October 9 after a phone call with the Russian president. At the same time, the US Treasury temporarily authorized transactions involving Russian diesel that had previously been barred by American sanctions. According to Ekho, the arrangement covered more than 300,000 tonnes immediately, 500,000 tonnes in November, then 1 million tonnes and a further 3 million tonnes "taking into account the condition of Russian refineries."

The Financial Times reported that three tankers — Agioi Fanendes, Talisman and Leruo — were carrying about 140,000 tonnes of fuel. Volodymyr Zelensky called the deal unfair.

Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president's special representative, wrote on X last Thursday that the tankers heading to the US were continuing on their previous course. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the same day that Russian diesel "will find its buyers."