Zombie Oil Supertanker in China Points to Iran Trade Workarounds

After buckling under pressure from Beijing and Washington, the clandestine supply chain that carries Iranian crude to China is finding new workarounds.

A tanker identifying itself as Global discharged about 2 million barrels of Iranian oil at a port managed by a Chinese provincial government in late April, ship-tracking data show. However, the vessel was actually a very large crude carrier called Gather View that had been sanctioned by the US and took over the identity of a previously scrapped ship to evade a crackdown on the trade.