{"id":48884,"date":"2025-05-15T12:07:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/?p=48884"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:43:11","slug":"us-ramps-up-sanctions-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/da\/us-ramps-up-sanctions-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US ramps up sanctions on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"48884\" class=\"elementor elementor-48884\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58879b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58879b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4045524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4045524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W20_article_3_cropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-48869\" alt=\"US ramps up sanctions on Iran-EMF-Maritimefinance\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W20_article_3_cropped.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W20_article_3_cropped-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W20_article_3_cropped-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W20_article_3_cropped-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimefinance.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/W20_article_3_cropped-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d685fe elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d685fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><h4><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Latest measures could support further tanker demand<\/span><\/h4><\/div><div><p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The US has intensified its &#8220;maximum pressure&#8221; campaign on Iran, blacklisting around twenty companies and vessels involved in the covert sale of Iranian oil to China. The latest sanctions target middlemen, inspection firms, and tankers accused of disguising the origin of Iranian crude.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Another potential windfall for non-sanctioned tankers<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">With rising enforcement and scrutiny, Chinese refiners may be forced to reduce Iranian oil imports and shift sourcing to other suppliers, likely from the Atlantic Basin and other compliant regions, a trade flow shift that we have seen more often of late. This rerouting increases voyage lengths, driving <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">tonne-mile demand<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> and supporting <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">freight rates<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">, particularly in the VLCC and Suezmax segments.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The US previously stated its goal to eliminate Iran\u2019s ~1.7 million barrels per day of oil exports. If enforced effectively, this would increase reliance on compliant tonnage and could provide upward pressure on tanker utilization.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef65d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ef65d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Source: Clarksons and OFAC<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest measures could support further tanker demand The US has intensified its &#8220;maximum pressure&#8221; campaign on Iran, blacklisting around twenty companies and vessels involved in the covert sale of Iranian oil to China. 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