Sanctioned oil tanker nears Adani Port laden with Russian crude

A sanctioned tanker carrying Russian oil has neared an Indian port operated by Adani Group, and will likely be one of the last blacklisted vessels to unload at the conglomerate’s facilities after a ban took effect.

The Spartan, a Suezmax carrying about 1 million barrels of Urals crude, was off Mundra port on Sunday near an offshore discharge point that services refiner HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd., according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, Kpler and Vortexa. The vessel was sanctioned last year by the European Union and the UK for allegedly helping facilitate the export of Russian oil.