The Iranian government on Saturday confirmed that it had seized a tanker vessel operated by Cyprus-based company Columbia Shipmanagement, with news agency Reuters quoting state media as saying the ship was carrying “unauthorised cargo”.
The ship, the Marshall Islands-flagged Talara, was intercepted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Friday while sailing towards Singapore, with what Reuters described as a “cargo of petrochemicals” on board.
Reuters later quoted maritime sources as saying that the ship was carrying “high-sulphur gasoil” from the United Arab Emirates’ port of Sharj
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