National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) reports that its VLCCs are proving popular once again with foreign oil majors.

NITC was left out in the cold for several years when sanctions precluded it from trading its ships in the international markets.

But in the two years since restrictions were eased, managing director Siroos Kianersi reveals in an interview with Iranian media that NITC has fixed out its ships to some of the world’s leading oil majors no less than 215 times.