VISAKHAPATNAM: Shipping Corporation of India's (SCI)oil tanker,MT Desh Shanti, which was detained in Iran for 26 days, arrived at Visakhapatnam portin the early hours on Wednesday, sources said."The tanker reached at off shore tanker terminal (OSTT) of Visakhapatnam Port at 5.35am today," port sources said.
The vessel was detained on August 12 by theIranian Revolutionary Guards Corps(IRGC) in the Persian Gulf while carrying oil from Basrah in Iraq to Visakhapatnam. It was released on September 6.
The Iranian authorities had detained the ship carrying 140,000 tonnes of Iraqi crude, citing environmental and pollution concerns, despite Indian protests.
India had strongly objected to the detention, saying it was in transgression of UN Convention onthe Lawsofthe Seaand warned of serious ramifications. It was released after the SCI, India's largest shipping company, submitted a letter of undertaking tothe Iranian PortsandMaritime Organisation.
By Times Of India
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