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US Adds Another Tanker Owner to Sanctions List

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The US has added tanker owner Hennesea Holdings to its sanctions list due to transporting Russian oil above the G7 price, cap, according to the US Treasury.

  • The sanctions cover the company and 17 vessels linked to the company and under the Liberian flag.
  • Hennesea Holdings is based in the UAE. It is the owner of 18 vessels, according to Bloomberg.
  • Bloomberg added that the company has repeatedly called at Russian ports and mostly owns older tankers that ship Russian crude and products. The company was founded in 2022.

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