[caption id="attachment_28161" align="alignright" width="300"] A Chinese oil tanker[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is expanding its sea cargo fleet, Managing-Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) Mohammad Hossein Dajmar said Sunday, adding that China has built three new ships for the country's shipping sector. Dajmar said ...

A China-flagged crude-oil tanker stopped over at Iran's main oil export facility last month and is now headed back to East Asia, fueling speculation that China may be deploying its own vessels to ferry Iranian crude to meet growing domestic needs. The U.S. and the European Union have imposed financial and trade sanctions on Iran as part of efforts ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese tanker loaded crude inIranin March, according to shipping data and an industry official, the first time a China-flagged ship has transported Iranian crude since EU sanctions imposed last July stopped insurers covering the shipments. The United States and Europe imposed tough sanctions in 2012 that aim to choke Iran's ...