Chinese private terminals take oil from tankers under US sanctions, bypassing large state ports. Despite Washington’s pressure, Chinese importers found ways to maintain access to cheap Russian and Iranian oil. This is written by Bloomberg. One of the key centers for the reception of sunsan oil was the port in the city of Dunin, located in the province of Shandun.

It was here that the private terminal adopted 744 thousand barrels of Russian oil ESPO, which was delivered by the SI he's tanker, which is under US sanctions. Also active points for delivery were Yangshan near Shanghai and Huijou in the province of Guangdun.

Last month, the largest port operator of China, the state company Shandong Port Group, officially called not to accept ships from the " This made importers look for alternative solutions.

One of them was the sale of the state terminal in the Dunian of the private company Baugang International, which made it possible to continue the Russian oil without fear of sanctions. The owners of such terminals are less afraid of international pressure, because they are not formally connected with the state -owned companies of China, which means they can act free.

Yanshan, an independent pier at Shanghai, became another supply point. In January 2024, two tankers transporting 1.

2 million barrels of Russian oil Sokol were unloaded there. One of the courts was Yuri Senkevich, belonging to the Russian "

In the port of Huayzhou, the terminal of the private company Huaying PetroChemical at the end of January received 1 million barrels of Iranian oil, which officially was supposed to come from Malaysia and Singapore. In fact, this load was overloaded from the Iranian Salina tanker, which is confirmed by the data of the vessel tracking system.