tanker

Iranian border guard forces have intercepted a foreign vessel and seized 363,000 liters of smuggled fuel in one of the largest maritime anti-smuggling operations in the country’s history.

The chief justice of Iran’s Hormozgan Province says a recently seized tanker and its fuel cargo worth more than five million dollars will be transferred to government ownership.

Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker carrying 6 million liters of smuggled diesel in the Sea of Oman, authorities said, in a move aimed at combating regional fuel trafficking networks.

EghtesadOnline: Seoul said it will soon dispatch a diplomatic team to Tehran for talks over the seizure of its tanker by Iran over environmental violations.

EghtesadOnline: US sanctions on two units of Chinese shipper COSCO hit the liquefied natural gas tanker industry on Monday as US-listed Teekay LNG said its joint venture in Russia had been “blocked” for its ties to COSCO.

EghtesadOnline: A foreign tanker smuggling fuel to neighboring Arab states was seized by Islamic Revolution Guards Corps forces in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, according to a Sunday statement by IRGC.