A tanker subject to the new U.S. sanctions is discharging Russian oil at a port operated by Shandong Port Group in east China, shipping data on LSEG Eikon showed on Thursday.

A tanker which was previously seen to be waiting off China laden with Russian oil onboard has become the first of a raft of recently sanctioned tankers to discharged its cargo, LSEG Eikon and Marine Traffic data showed.

Nearly 500,000 metric tons of Russian oil products are trapped on tankers hit by U.S. sanctions, LSEG data showed on Wednesday. On Jan. 10, new Russia-related sanctions targeted more than 180 vessels and insurance companies,

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) data released on Wednesday show that almost 500,000 metric tonnes of Russian oil products are stuck on tankers under US sanctions. Source: Reuters Details: On 10 January,