By Nick Wadhams and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) -- Among the hundreds of Iranian-linked banks, companies and vessels that the U.S. slapped sanctions against on Monday was an Iranian crude oil tanker called the Sanchi. There’s one problem: The ship sank after a collision and fiery explosion in January. The U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions list distributed Monday leaves no … [Read more...]
Split Verdict Over ‘Sanchi’ Tanker Collision with Chinese Freighter -Iran TV
DUBAI, May 5 (Reuters) - A committee investigating a collision between an Iranian tanker and a Chinese freighter has come to diverging conclusions over the causes of the worst oil ship disaster in decades, Iran's state television reported on Saturday. The Panama-registered Sanchi, run by Iran's top oil shipping operator NITC, collided with the CF Crystal, registered in Hong … [Read more...]
Oil from Sunken Sanchi Tanker Washes Up in Japan
By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast Guard said on Thursday. Samples of oily matter that washed up on Feb. 8 on the shores of the Okinoerabu and Yoron islands in the Amami chain were found to be linked to the Sanchi's … [Read more...]
Sanchi Oil Spill Drifts Toward Japan
by Osamu Tsukimori (Reuters) - Clumps of oil have washed up on the shores of southern Japan and there are fears they may be leaking from an Iranian crude tanker than sank in the world’s worst such disaster in decades, the Japanese Coast Guard said on Friday. Black clumps have reached the shores of the island of Amami-Oshima, a coast guard official told Reuters by phone. … [Read more...]
Chinese Salvage Team Trying to Remove Bunker Fuel from Sunken Sanchi Oil Tanker
BEIJING, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Chinese salvage crews are still trying to remove 1,900 tonnes of bunker fuel, the heavy oil used in ship engines, from a sunken Iranian oil tanker, the Ministry of Transport said on Thursday, almost a month after it collided with a freight ship. If the fuel is not cleaned up, it could pollute the marine environment, the ministry warned in a … [Read more...]