Iran’s shadow fleet is increasingly using covert ship-to-ship transfers near Malaysian waters to sustain oil exports to China despite intensified U.S. efforts to disrupt Iranian crude shipments.

Malaysia’s maritime agency says Iranian-linked tankers are exploiting “jurisdictional gaps” to conduct ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned oil near its waters. U.S.

Malaysia’s maritime agency says Iranian-linked tankers are exploiting “jurisdictional gaps” to conduct ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned oil.