The 163,927-dwt Nautilus (built 2006) has been banned from loading at Iraq’s oil terminals, the country’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) has announced.

Although SOMO did not specify the reasons for the ban, TradeWinds is told that the Greek-flagged vessel lifted around 1m of barrels from the Turkish port of Ceyhan on September 19.

However, this contradicts data from vessel tracking websites indicating the tanker was at Ceyhan on October 4.

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