Sanctions stigma proves troubling for shipowners lightering Iranian crude off USGC

The Suez Rajan, carrying Iranian-grade crude oil, is currently at anchor off the US Gulf Coast after the US government seized the 158,573 dwt Suezmax. The US government apprehended the Suez Rajan, calling the ship to the US Gulf coast on court orders, amid developing tensions between the US and Iran in their current tit-for-tat. Houston Refining, which owns the…