The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday has been located east of Iran’s Qeshm Island, monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said in a post on social media platform X.
Iran seized the St Nikolas, loaded with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey, in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its Iranian oil cargo by the United States, Iranian state media reported.
“The Greek-owned, UK-insured and Marshall Islands-flagged Suezmax tanker ST NIKOLAS…laden with 1 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil, has been located today east of Qeshm Island, Iran… AIS (ship tracking) is offline,” TankerTrackers said in its post on Saturday.