A Chinese tanker carrying two million barrels of Iraqi oil departs the port of Basra.

A source at Iraqi ports reported on Saturday that a Chinese oil tanker carrying approximately two million barrels of oil had departed from the port of Basra in the far south of the country.

The source explained to Shafaq News Agency that the Chinese tanker (Kiara – M), which carries the flag of (San Marino), recently arrived at the Basra oil port and loaded two million barrels of oil, adding that the tanker left the export terminals earlier today after completing its loading of Iraqi crude oil.

This comes as the northern port of Umm Qasr received, on June 1st, the first cargo ship coming directly from China via the Strait of Hormuz, despite the ongoing tensions in the region.

Shafaq.com