Update on Iranian-Operated Vessels

December 22, 2021 | Claire Jungman and Daniel Roth

Recent UANI tracking work has focused on non-Iranian, foreign-flagged tankers loading crude oil and gas condensates from Iran.

Of course, Iranian-operated tankers remain highly active in transporting crude oil and gas condensates.

Accordingly, this update is focused on Iranian Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) and Suezmax tankers that are in use and traveling the open seas and used for ‘floating storage’.

We estimate approximately 58 million barrels of Iranian crude oil and gas condensates sit in floating storage and 17 million barrels of Iranian crude oil and gas condensates are in transit on Iranian tankers.

The table below shows a list of all Iranian-operated tankers, their current load condition (laden or empty), the date the vessel was last seen on AIS, and when or where UANI trackers last saw the vessel. 

VESSEL NAME

LADEN OR EMPTY

IMO

LAST SEEN ON AIS

SUSPECTED TO BE LAST SEEN BY UANI ON

AMBER

Laden

9357406

9/11/2019

Kharg Island, Iran September 23, 2021

ARMAN 114

Empty

9116412

12/8/2021

Red Sea anchored near Iranian cargo ship BEHSHAD on December 17, 2021

CHERAM

Laden

9569619

12/21/2021

Singapore Area destined for China with crude oil from Kharg Island

DAN

Laden

9357729

5/25/2021

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

DANIEL

Laden

9569683

11/19/2019

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage) -

DEEP SEA

Laden

9218492

6/16/2021

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

DELBIN

Empty

9364112

12/21/2021

Bandar Abbas Anchorage on December 21, 2021

DERYA

Laden

9569700

12/10/2021

East of Larak Island, Iran on December 19, 2021

DESTINY

Laden

9177155

6/26/2019

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

DEVON

Laden

9218454

6/25/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

DIAMOND II

Laden

9218478

10/30/2021

Loaded Gas Condensates from Tombak, Iran on December 15, 2021

DINO I

Laden

9569671

9/8/2021

Departed Jose Terminal, Venezuela on October 19, 2021

DIONA

Laden

9569695

11/4/2021

Departing Khor Fakkan Anchorage, UAE on November 4, 2021

DORE

Laden

9357717

5/10/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

DORENA

Laden

9569669

12/21/2021

Spoofing AIS transponder – Vessel was last seen at Jose Terminal, Venezuela on November 13, 2021

DOVER

Laden

9218466

5/13/2019

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

DOWNY

Laden

9218480

8/29/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

DREAM II

Laden

9356593

9/8/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

DUNE

Laden

9569712

7/5/2020

AIS spoofed in 2020, currently at Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

FELICITY

Laden

9183934

8/24/2020

Jose Terminal, Venezuela September 2021

HALTI

Laden

9212890

10/9/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HAPPINESS I

Laden

9212905

8/10/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HASNA

Laden

9212917

7/3/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HAWK

Laden

9362061

9/7/2021

Kharg Island Anchorage (Floating Storage)

HEDY

Laden

9212888

4/3/2019

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HELM

Laden

9357391

10/24/2021

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HENNA

Empty

9212929

11/4/2020

South China Sea, STS – October 2021

HERBY

Laden

9362059

7/3/2021

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HERO II

Laden

9362073

10/24/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HILDA I

Laden

9357389

5/25/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HUGE

Laden

9357183

2/2/2021

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

HUMANITY

Laden

9180281

6/13/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

LOTUS

Empty

9203784

12/10/2021

Red Sea anchored near Iranian cargo ship BEHSHAD on December 17, 2021

MASAL

Laden

9169421

12/20/2021

North of Larak Island (Waiting to depart)

NAROON

Laden

9079066

6/17/2019

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

NASHA

Laden

9079107

5/13/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

NAVARZ

Laden

9079078

6/30/2019

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

RIMA

Empty

9150377

8/30/2020

North of Larak Island

ROMINA

Empty

9114608

10/16/2021

Persian Gulf – Engaged in an STS on December 11, 2021

SALINA

Laden

9357377

6/26/2021

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

SAM 121

Empty

9173745

11/12/2021

North of Larak Island

SANAN

Laden

9171462

2/25/2021

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

SARAK

Empty

9226968

6/21/2021

South China Sea – Engaged in an STS on August 15, 2021

SEA CLIFF

Empty

9569657

11/11/2021

Strait of Malacca after delivering to China in November 2021

SEA STAR III

Laden

9569205

9/13/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

SERENA

Laden

9569645

1/29/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

SEVDA

Laden

9172040

8/18/2020

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)

SEVIN

Laden

9357353

11/16/2021

Loaded Crude Oil at Soroosh on December 2, 2021

SILVIA I

Empty

9172052

12/20/2021

Malacca Strait – Delivered to China in early December 2021

SINOPA

Empty

9172038

2/5/2020

Malacca Strait – STS in early December 2021

SOBAR

Laden

9221970

8/6/2021

Kharg Island (Floating Storage)

SOLAN

Laden

9155808

11/18/2021

Persian Gulf – Heading to China

SONIA I

Empty

9357365

11/22/2021

Persian Gulf – Engaged in an STS on December 8, 2021

STARLA

Laden

9569621

12/16/2021

Khor Fakkan Anchorage – Departing for potentially Venezuela

STON

Laden

9171450

8/18/2021

Kharg Island (Floating Storage)

STREAM

Laden

9569633

5/7/2021

Asaluyeh, Iran (Floating Storage)