The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against 19 tankers carrying Russian oil under the flags of Liberia and Panama. The tankers belong to two companies: Hennesea Holdings Limited (UAE) and Cielo Marine Ltd (Hong Kong). About the shipping company Hennesea Holdings Limited (Hennesea), based in the United Arab Emirates, it is known that it is the ultimate owner of 18 vessels that were engaged in the transportation of crude oil of Russian origin at a price higher than 60 dollars per barrel.