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The Indian police has arrested the 'Ocean Jade' and 'Ocean Morganite' at Paradip Port in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on March 21, 2025. The arrests came following an order by the High Court of Orissa. The Dubai and Mumbai-based offshore company Alphard Maritime Group, a leading maritime logistics and marine services company, had filed a case in the Orissa High Court against the two ships demanding dues of about $49.3m in damages it claims to have suffered after a multi-ship sales deal went wrong.

The 'Zaliv Vostok', amd the 'Zaliv Baikal', both owned by the sanctioned Russian state shipowner Sovcomflot, have discharged their cargoes of Sakhalin crude to the Chinese-controlled tanker 'Hannah'. They transferred 700,000 barrels of oil to the 105,900-on Feb 15 and 27, 2025. The Russian tankers were both sanctioned by the US in January, but the 'Hannah' is not blacklisted. The AIS signals from the vessels appeared spotty during the STS operations. The 'Hannah' then discharged the oil at Gulei. The vessel was underway to Kozmino in Russia on March 20. The 'Hannah'’s operator has been the Chinese Metis Company since February.

The Indian police has arrested the 'Ocean Jade' and 'Ocean Morganite' at Paradip Port in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on March 21, 2025. The arrests came following an order by the High Court of Orissa. The Dubai and Mumbai-based offshore company Alphard Maritime Group, a leading maritime logistics and marine services company, had filed a case in the Orissa High Court against the two ships demanding dues of about $49.3m in damages it claims to have suffered after a multi-ship sales deal went wrong.

The 'Zaliv Vostok', amd the 'Zaliv Baikal', both owned by the sanctioned Russian state shipowner Sovcomflot, have discharged their cargoes of Sakhalin crude to the Chinese-controlled tanker 'Hannah'. They transferred 700,000 barrels of oil to the 105,900-on Feb 15 and 27, 2025. The Russian tankers were both sanctioned by the US in January, but the 'Hannah' is not blacklisted. The AIS signals from the vessels appeared spotty during the STS operations. The 'Hannah' then discharged the oil at Gulei. The vessel was underway to Kozmino in Russia on March 20. The 'Hannah'’s operator has been the Chinese Metis Company since February.

The 'Zaliv Vostok', amd the 'Zaliv Baikal', both owned by the sanctioned Russian state shipowner Sovcomflot, have discharged their cargoes of Sakhalin crude to the Chinese-controlled tanker 'Hannah'. They transferred 700,000 barrels of oil to the 105,900-on Feb 15 and 27, 2025. The Russian tankers were both sanctioned by the US in January, but the 'Hannah' is not blacklisted. The AIS signals from the vessels appeared spotty during the STS operations. The 'Hannah' then discharged the oil at Gulei. The vessel was underway to Kozmino in Russia on March 20. The 'Hannah'’s operator has been the Chinese Metis Company since February.