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In January 2025, tanker IMO 9227479 carried out an STS transfer near Malaysia with tanker IMO 9238052, which was subject to US sanctions in January 2025 as a tanker considered part of the shadow fleet, calling at a russian port where the price of oil was consistently trading above the price cap for russian oil. After this transfer, the vessel IMO 9238052 entered a Chinese port.
The tanker is affiliated with Delta Ships Management Ltd, which was the commercial manager of the vessel from March 2023 to October 2024. Delta Ships Management Ltd has been managing the sanctioned tanker IMO 9319674 since mid-2023, affiliated with the Indian company Gatik Ship Management, which played a key role in the transportation of russian crude oil/petroleum products under western sanctions in 2022-2023.