Despite strict US sanctions, Russian oil and LNG continue to reach China through ship-to-ship transfers and non-sanctioned vessels.
In recent weeks, a crude oil shipment transferred from three sanctioned tankers and an LNG cargo loaded in the Barents Sea successfully arrived at Chinese ports.
A Panama-flagged VLCC, Daban, carrying two million barrels of Russian Sokol crude, unloaded its cargo at a terminal run by Qingdao Haiye Group in China on March 13,...