Greece says it has received no request to dock from Iranian tanker

20 August 2019, 2:35 pm

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Officials say they have not received a request from Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, now renamed Adrian Darya 1 to dock at a Greek port.

The ship has been on course for Kalamata, Greece, since leaving Gibraltar two days ago, with an estimated arrival on August 25.

“The vessel is cruising at low speed and there is still no formal announcement that it will arrive at Kalamata. The Merchant Marine Ministry is monitoring the matter along with Greece’s Foreign Ministry,” a shipping ministry spokesman tells Reuters.

The US has warned Athens against aiding the tanker, which it claims is “transporting illicit oil to fuel the Iranian regime’s and Syrian regime’s campaigns of terror and oppression.”