New Delhi, April 3 -- A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian oil, the first Indian crude purchase from Tehran after 2019, has reportedly changed its course mid-way and is now heading to China. The Aframax tanker, Ping Shun, set sail to India earlier this week, carrying about 600,000 barrels of crude oil loaded from Kharg Island around March 4.

Ping Shun, which was built in 2002 and sanctioned by the US in 2025, is owned by China-based Nycity Shipmanagement and is often associated with transporting Iranian crude oil.

Ping Shun was originally signalling a planned arrival at Vadinar port in Gujarat, on Saturday, April 4. But according to ship-tracking data, Ping Shun is currently signalling Dongying in China as its destination.

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