US-sanctioned tanker carrying first shipment of Iranian oil to India since 2019 gets rerouted to China
A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian oil, the first Indian crude purchase from Tehran after 2019, has reportedly changed its course mid-way and is now heading to China. The Aframax tankerPing Shun set sail for India earlier this week, carrying about 600,000 barrels of crude oil loaded from Kharg Island around 4 March.
Ping Shun, which was built in 2002 and sanctioned by the US in 2025, is owned by China-based Nycity Shipmanagement and is often associated with transporting Iranian crude oil.
