Chinese-Owned Tankers Return For ‘Round Two’ Of Russia Trades

…The 298,600-dwt Lauren II (2004) has been lying off the coast of Sierra Leone for nearly two months, according to Kpler tracking data. The 314,000-dwt Progress V (built 2006) arrived a month later. The pair have previously been identified by tanker tracking researchers from United Against Nuclear Iran as being involved in moving sanctioned Iranian crude before turning to the Russian trade.