A Navigazione Montanari product tanker has been allowed into Libya's eastern Brega port to load condensate.

The rare docking was sanctioned by the Libyan National Army (LNA), a rebel militia fighting the UN-backed Government of National Accord that has blockaded five eastern ports on and off since January.

The 43,000-dwt Valle Di Siviglia (built 2001) arrived at dawn on Monday, at the request of Libya's state oil company National Oil Corp (NOC).