First newly sanctioned tanker discharges cargo at Chinese port

An aframax that has been waiting off China laden with Russian oil has become the first of a raft of recently sanctioned tankers to discharge its cargo, LSEG Eikon and MarineTraffic data shows.

The 112,700-dwt Panamanian-flagged Mermar (built 2002) was observed alongside a terminal in Longkou Port in Shandong province, where many of China’s independent refineries that have been big importers of Russian crude are based.