Crude oil ship heading to India diverted to China

Ping Shun, Iranian crude oil carrier, that had crossed the Strait of Hormuz and was signalling that it was heading to Vadinar, India, for the past three days is now signalling it is headed for China, as per marine logistics and commodity markets analytics firm Kpler.

The vessel that is carrying more than 1 lakh tonnes of crude oil is signalling that it is headed for Dongying in northern China, as per ship tracker websites.

As of now, Ping Shun is heading south off the west coast of India.

Ping Shun was sanctioned by the U.S. in February of this month. The sanctions notice says that the ship was involved in Pars crude oil through ship to ship transfers with the sanctioned National Iranian Tanker Company with the motive of obfuscating the oil’s Iranian origin. The tanker has delivered several shipments to China.