Energy Security

‘Vast implications’: Sweeping US tanker sanctions hit China oil shipments harder than India

More tankers carrying short-haul ESPO barrels have been blacklisted than those loading Urals crude

Tugboats help a crude tanker berth at an oil terminal in China’s Zhejiang province, in 2022.
Tugboats help a crude tanker berth at an oil terminal in China’s Zhejiang province, in 2022.Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX
TradeWinds correspondentLondon
Published 17 January 2025, 12:48Updated 17 January 2025, 12:48
ChinaIndiaRussiaUnited StatesUkraine Crisis