A Greek-managed suezmax tanker laden with Venezuelan oil is sailing to a refinery in Sicily, despite Washington levying sanctions against vessels for doing similar trades.

Italian refiner Eni has chartered Delta Tankers’ 157,487-dwt Delta Tolmi (built 2010) to lift 1.06m barrels of crude from Jose on 12 June, according to cargo-data firm Kpler.

The ship is due to discharge the cargo at the Milazzo refinery — a joint venture between Eni and Kuwait Petroleum — on Friday, Kpler data shows.