Indian authorities have asked an Indian-flagged oil tanker not to discharge about 6.5 lakh barrel oil which it is carrying from eastern Libya, controlled by an unrecognised government.
"The vessel acquired Indian flag recently. It has been asked not to move from Malta and not to offload cargo till further instructions. This will be done in accordance with instructions from the UN. The ship has 6,50,000 barrel of crude," Director General of Shipping Deepak Shetty told PTI.
The direction came after the oil tanker yesterday was added to a UN sanctions blacklist for illegally carrying crude from Libya.
Libyan UN Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi had written to 15-member sanctions committee for blacklisting Distya Ameya tanker.
The ship left Marsa el-Hariga port on Monday from eastern Libya, where the unrecognized government was behind the sale of the crude.
