Another Russian tanker sanctioned by the U.S. has arrived at a Chinese port to offload Russian crude for Chinese refiners.
A Russian tanker, sanctioned by the U.S. in the middle of February, has arrived at a Chinese port to discharge Russian crude in the province home to most of China’s independent refiners, Reuters reported on Wednesday, quoting shipping data from Kpler and LSEG. The vessel Krymsk, owned by Russian state tanker company Sovcomflot, docked at the Chinese port Dongying on Wednesday, to offload 700,000 barrels of Russia’s Sokol crude grade, according to the data.
According to Reuters, Krymsk is the second sanctioned tanker that would be offloading crude at a Chinese port after the new sanctions. Last week, the Liteyny Prospect, also on the list of Sovcomflot’s 14 sanctioned tankers, discharged 700,000 barrels of Sokol crude at a Chinese port in the Hebei province. Last month’s sanctions and the increased sanction enforcement in recent months have resulted in lower imports of Sokol crude in India, whose refiners are wary of running afoul of U.S.