A tanker subject to the new U.S. sanctions is discharging Russian oil at a port operated by Shandong Port Group in east China, shipping data on LSEG Eikon showed on Thursday.

A tanker which was previously seen to be waiting off China laden with Russian oil onboard has become the first of a raft of recently sanctioned tankers to discharged its cargo, LSEG Eikon and Marine Traffic data showed.

A Panama-flagged tanker is unloading Russian oil at a Chinese port despite recent U.S. sanctions targeting such vessels. This marks the first discharge since the sanctions' imposition, and the event is under industry scrutiny.

Oil shipping rates extended their rally on expectations of a tightening in global tanker supply from wider U.S. sanctions on Russia's fleet and traders' demand for ships to load Middle East oil for Asia,

An oil tanker sanctioned in Washington’s harshest round of curbs against Russia’s energy industry has become the first such vessel to dock at the Russian port of Kozmino, where it’s loading a cargo of crude.