The IRGC Navy seized the 72,768 DWT tanker Ocean Koi in the Gulf of Oman on Friday. File Image / Pixabay
Iranian forces have detained the Barbados-flagged tanker Ocean Koi (IMO 9255933) in the Sea of Oman, accusing it of attempting to disrupt Iranian oil exports, according to local media reports.
Notably, the 72,768 DWT tanker was sectioned by the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in February 2026 for facilitating those same exports.
That move came as part of a broader action targeting Iran’s shadow fleet with US authorities saying at the time Ocean Koi had “transported millions of barrels of Iranian high sulfur fuel oil (HSFO) and condensate since May 2025.”
Ocean Koi had operated as part of the Iranian shadow fleet since at least 2020, OFAC said, and designated its owner, Marshall Islands-based Ocean Kudos Shipping Co Ltd, as a blocked entity.
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency today reported that the Navy carried out a “special operation” to seize the vessel, which was subsequently directed to Iran’s southern coast and handed to judicial authorities.
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