Four sources said this week that, for safety reasons, at least three Indian refiners and one global energy major plan to stop using vessels Iran added to a new blacklist, including ships used for ship-to-ship transfers. Iran on Sunday published a list of 45 vessels it said breached its Strait of Hormuz passage rules and warned it would act against any ships transshipping cargo with them. The statement appears aimed at disrupting so-called shuttle shipments by Gulf producers such as the UAE and S

Four sources said this week that, for safety reasons, at least three Indian refiners and one global energy major plan to stop using vessels Iran added to a new blacklist, including ships used for ship-to-ship transfers. Iran on Sunday published a list of 45 vessels it said breached its Strait of Hormuz passage rules and warned it would act against any ships transshipping cargo with them. The statement appears aimed at disrupting so-called shuttle shipments by Gulf producers such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia.