PING SHUN

The tanker is involved in the transportation of Iranian Pars crude oil through STS transfers with a vessel of the sanctioned National Iranian Tanker Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Petroleum Company, which is managed by the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum. Sanctioned Iranian tankers rely on ship-to-ship transfers outside of jurisdictional port limits with non-sanctioned vessels to transport petroleum to foreign customers, obfuscating the oil’s Iranian origin.
The tanker transported numerous shipments of Iranian oil to China.
On February 24, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the tanker.