Iran sends out ghost tankers as US oil sanctions loom
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Article by:
Anjli Raval & Najmeh Bozorgmehr, FT
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Date Published:
September 22, 2018
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Who was cited:
Iman Nasseri, Acting Managing Director - Middle East FGE
A supertanker called Happiness is carrying 2m barrels of trouble for Iran. The crude vessel filled up at a terminal operated by Iran’s national oil company on Kharg Island at the start of this month, before setting off on a journey for Asia, according to ship tracking data. But it was sailing into a global market where Iranian oil is acquiring pariah status.
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