Iranian tanker at centre of standoff with West leaves Gibraltar, shipping data shows

Record ID: 1427620

  • Title: Iranian tanker at centre of standoff with West leaves Gibraltar, shipping data shows
  • Date: 18th August 2019
  • Summary: AT SEA OFF GIBRALTAR (AUGUST 18-19, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF OIL TANKER AT SEA
  • Embargoed: 1st September 2019 23:37
  • Keywords: Gibraltar Iranian tanker oil tanker Grace 1 moved Adrian Darya-1 Iran
  • Location: AT SEA OFF GIBRALTAR / INTERNET
  • City: AT SEA OFF GIBRALTAR / INTERNET
  • Country: Gibraltar
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001ASQW213
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Iranian tanker caught in a stand-off between Tehran and the West left Gibraltar on Sunday (August 18) night, shipping data showed, hours after the British territory rejected a U.S. request to detain the vessel further.
    British Royal Marines seized the tanker in Gibraltar in July on suspicion that it was carrying oil to Syria, a close ally of Iran, in violation of European Union sanctions. That triggered a series of events that have heightened tensions on international oil shipping routes through the Gulf.
    The Grace 1, renamed the Adrian Darya 1, left anchorage off Gibraltar at around 11 p.m. local time, Refinitiv shipping data showed. Its destination was not immediately clear.
    Iran's ambassador to Britain, Hamid Baeidinejad, had written on Twitter earlier that the vessel was expected to leave on Sunday night, adding that two engineering teams had been flown to Gibraltar.
    The tanker's detention ended last week, but on Friday a federal court in Washington issued a warrant for the seizure of the tanker, the oil it carries and nearly $1 million.
    Gibraltar said on Sunday it could not comply with that request because it was bound by EU law.
    (Production: Marco Trujillo, Soraya Ali)
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