Sanctioned Oil Tanker Becomes First VLCC To Be Scrapped In Two Years

The Amor, a 24-year-old very large crude carrier (VLCC) linked to transporting Iranian oil, is set to be scrapped in India. According to reports from BRS Shipbrokers and Wirana Shipping Corporation, the vessel was sold to an Indian scrapyard last week.

This makes it the first planned scrapping of a supertanker since 2022, when the Uranus, another tanker linked to the sanctioned oil trade, was demolished in Bangladesh.

The Amor, flagged in Cameroon, was part of the “dark fleet”-consisting of