Iranian tanker at centre of standoff with West leaves Gibraltar, shipping data shows
Record ID:
1427627
Iranian tanker at centre of standoff with West leaves Gibraltar, shipping data shows
- Title: Iranian tanker at centre of standoff with West leaves Gibraltar, shipping data shows
- Date: 18th August 2019
- Summary: AT SEA, OFF GIBRALTAR COAST (AUGUST 18, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF OIL TANKER PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS GRACE 1 NOW RENAMED ADRIAN DARYA-1 ANCHORED OFF GIBRALTAR COAST COASTLINE TANKER IN WATER, BOAT PASSING BY BRIDGE OF SHIP TANKER IN WATER VARIOUS OF BOW OF TANKER BOAT MOVING NEXT TO TANKER STERN OF TANKER SAIL BOAT IN WATER SEA / TANKER IN WATER SUN SETTING OVER COASTLINE VARIOUS OF TANKER IN WATER COASTLINE AT SUNSET (NIGHT SHOT) AT SEA, OFF GIBRALTAR COAST (AUGUST 18, 2019) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS TIME-LAPSES OF TANKER ANCHORED OFF GIBRALTAR COAST DAY TO NIGHT TIME-LAPSE OF ANCHORED TANKER
- Embargoed: 1st September 2019 23:44
- Keywords: Gibraltar coast Iranian tanker oil tanker Grace 1 moved Adrian Darya-1' Iran
- Location: AT SEA, OFF GIBRALTAR
- City: AT SEA, OFF GIBRALTAR
- Country: At Sea
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001ASQW18N
- 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.
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