- Title: Tanker remains anchored off Gibraltar shows new name, flies Iran flag
- Date: 18th August 2019
- Summary: AT SEA OFF GIBRALTAR COAST (AUGUST 18, 2019) (REUTERS) OIL TANKER KNOWN AS GRACE 1 SITTING ANCHORED OFF GIBRALTAR COAST OIL TANKER KNOWN AS GRACE 1 WITH NEW NAME ADRIAN DARYA 1 PAINTED ON THE STERN AND FLYING IRANIAN FLAG OIL TANKER KNOWN AS GRACE 1 SITTING ANCHORED OFF GIBRALTAR COAST VARIOUS OF MEMBER OF THE CREW MOVING A MOBILE PHONE WITH AN EXTENSION STICK NEXT TO ADRIAN DARYA 1 NAME PAINTED ON THE HULL VARIOUS OF OIL TANKER KNOWN AS GRACE 1 SITTING ANCHORED OFF GIBRALTAR COAST
- Embargoed: 1st September 2019 10:54
- Keywords: Iranian tanker Grace 1 Gibraltar United Kingdom Adrian Darya 1
- Location: AT SEA OFF GIBRALTAR COAST
- City: AT SEA OFF GIBRALTAR COAST
- Country: Gibraltar
- Reuters ID: LVA001ASQVEBR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: An Iranian tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West remained anchored off Gibraltar on Sunday (August 18) with a new name and flying the Iran flag.
On Friday (August 16), the oil tanker previously known as Grace 1 was painted over. And its new name Adrian Darya 1 was seen early on Sunday.
The tanker was seized by British Royal Marines at the western mouth of the Mediterranean on July 4 on suspicion of violating European Union sanctions by taking oil to Syria, a close ally of Iran.
Gibraltar lifted the detention order on Thursday (August 15) but the vessel's fate was further complicated by the United States, which made a last-ditch legal appeal to hold it.
The Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper reported that the vessel was unlikely to sail before Sunday, citing an unnamed source who added that it was waiting for six new crew members including a captain to arrive that day.
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