Tanker With Sanctioned Iranian Oil Begins Offloading Near Texas Despite Threats From Tehran

Tanker With Sanctioned Iranian Oil Begins Offloading Near Texas Despite Threats From Tehran

An American-owned large oil tanker that was strongly suspected of transporting sanctioned crude oil from Iran offloaded the cargo close to Texas on Sunday, ship tracking data reflected, even as Tehran has sent threats to target shipping in the waters of the Persian Gulf over it.

The Associated Press analyzed ship-tracking data showing that the Marshall Islands-flagged vessel dubbed the Suez Rajan started the hours-long ship-to-ship oil transfer to a tanker, the MR Euphrates, close to Galveston,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/tanker-with-sanctioned-iranian-oil-begins-offloading-near-texas-despite-threats-from-tehran/

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