A tanker was cleared to unload its cargo after US customs checks confirmed it was not carrying Russian oil and busting sanctions.
The 115,700-dwt Daytona (built 2011) was chartered by commodity trading giant Vitol and sailed from Russia’s Taman peninsula in the Black Sea in early June.
The terminal transports both Kazakh and Russian oil and Vitol had informed US officials that it was not breaching any embargo before it arrived off Louisiana last week.
