The importance of smaller and most flexible tankers in the transportation of Iranian oil to China is increasing under increasing pressure from US sanctions, according to Bloomberg.
Ship tracking data showed that the (Aframax and Swiss Max) ships became more active on the sensitive road, and received 8 oil tankers of this type, Iranian crude from giant carriers through transportation from a ship to a ship last February, and the majority of which were heading to China, according to Kepler data, and this is compared to two transmission in both December and January.
The use of smaller ships in trade between Iran and China, which is usually dominated by giant oil tankers, sparked the interest of shipping companies, and ships and analysts said that this transformation is likely due to their ability to empty oil on a laughing Chinese sidewalks, such as Dong Ying, which is increasingly used to receive Iranian and Russian shipments.
They said that the largest stations that also deal with containers and bulb goods have become cautious about secondary penalties.
According to Bloomberg, the escalation of US sanctions by the Biden Administration has led President Donald Trump to use “maximum pressure” against Tehran to include dozens of ships in the black list in recent months, which affected the giant oil tankers more used more than other ships.
The most stringent restrictions on the use of giant oil tankers and caution against some Chinese ports on dealing with Iranian oil increased transportation from a ship to a ship in the sea.
Reshape
Strategies for reshaping the supply chains are evolving to ensure that Iranian oil continues to flow to China in the face of US sanctions on Tehran, while exports from ports such as the output island (Iranian oil capital) previously depended on the giant oil tankers owned by Iran that sailed directly from the Persian Gulf to China, the scrutiny and restrictions resulted in more transportation operations from one ship to another in locations off Malaysia and the Emirati Emirate of Fujairah To hide the origins of shipments.
Before February, almost all oil transfers that take place off Malaysia were taking place between giant tankers, according to Kepler data.
Giant oil tankers have an oil transport capacity of about two million barrels, while Swiz Max and Aframax ships can transport about 1.7 million barrels, respectively, and multiple transportation and the use of smaller tankers can increase the total transportation costs.
