A VLCC may have successfully discharged US crude in China despite a reported 125% tariff on the cargo.
Oil analytics firm Kpler said the 319,000-dwt Unipec-chartered Cyan Nova (built 2011) shipped the oil from Texas to Ningbo.
The Zodiac Maritime-owned tanker was observed docked on Friday at the Ningbo Shihua Crude Oil Terminal after a two-month trip.