Shipping data from the London Stock Exchange Group and Kpler revealed that the seventh or last tanker, Sakhalin Island, which transports Russian Sokol oil, which is subject to US sanctions, arrived at the Chinese port of Tianjin on Tuesday evening to unload its cargo. To reduce the accumulation of crude oil stored on ships.

The other six sanctioned tankers had unloaded their shipments of Sokol oil to China earlier this month. China's imports of seaborne Russian oil will jump to a record level in March 2024.

Although the United States has imposed sanctions on all tankers as a result of Russia's war in Ukraine, most deliveries take place during the grace period granted by Washington.

The data showed that the seventh tanker, Sakhalin Island, began moving on its way to the port of Tianjin in northeastern China late Monday, after remaining for more than three weeks off the coast of nearby Shandong province.