{"id":104296,"date":"2026-05-08T17:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/104296\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:03:12","slug":"iran-seizes-tanker-the-us-sanctioned-for-carrying-iranian-hsfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/104296\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Seizes Tanker the US Sanctioned for Carrying Iranian HSFO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipandbunker.cdn.speedyrails.net\/a\/img\/_asp_1bc26149c054e97653a60a9a1f577929.v.652.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"100%\" alt=\"Iran Seizes Tanker the US Sanctioned for Carrying Iranian HSFO\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe IRGC Navy seized the 72,768 DWT tanker Ocean Koi in the Gulf of Oman on Friday. File Image \/ Pixabay<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIranian 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.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tNotably, the 72,768 DWT tanker <a href=\"https:\/\/shipandbunker.com\/news\/world\/258841-us-sanctions-12-vessels-linked-to-iranian-shadow-fleet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was sectioned by the US Treasury&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in February 2026<\/a> for facilitating those same exports.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThat move came as part of a broader action targeting Iran&#8217;s shadow fleet with US authorities saying at the time Ocean Koi had \u201ctransported millions of barrels of Iranian high sulfur fuel oil (HSFO) and condensate since May 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tOcean 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.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIran&#8217;s Tasnim News Agency today reported that the Navy carried out a &#8220;special operation&#8221; to seize the vessel, which was subsequently directed to Iran&#8217;s southern coast and handed to judicial authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Ship &amp; Bunker News Team<br \/>To contact the editor responsible for this story email us at <a href=\"http:\/\/shipandbunker.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#82e7e6ebf6edf0c2f1eaebf2e3ece6e0f7ece9e7f0ace1edef\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The IRGC Navy seized the 72,768 DWT tanker Ocean Koi in the Gulf of Oman on Friday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24172,22337,22338,22340,22343,22339,22342,9622,24175,11325,2684,17927,24173,34,22336,24176,24174,22341,22344,24170,396,825,668,24171,22345,798],"class_list":{"0":"post-104296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-box","9":"tag-bunker","10":"tag-bunker-fuel","11":"tag-bunker-indications","12":"tag-bunker-news","13":"tag-bunker-prices","14":"tag-bunkering","15":"tag-companies","16":"tag-compliance","17":"tag-credit","18":"tag-cruise","19":"tag-enforcement","20":"tag-etc","21":"tag-iran","22":"tag-iran-conflict-2026","23":"tag-iran-islamic-republic-of","24":"tag-legal-legislation","25":"tag-marine-fuel","26":"tag-marine-news","27":"tag-organisations","28":"tag-people","29":"tag-prices","30":"tag-risk-management","31":"tag-shipping-markets-dry-bulk","32":"tag-shipping-news","33":"tag-tanker"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116540041066818011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}