PetroChina has diverted the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) "Mogamigawa" from fire-hit Dalian port in northeast China to Daesan in South Korea, a shipbroker said on Tuesday.
AIS Live ship tracking system showed the 270,000-deadweight tonne vessel has already reached Daesan port.
Data showed that the ship's draft is at 19.3 metres (63 ft) indicating that it is still fully loaded.
PetroChina's shipping arm Glasford chartered the VLCC to load on June 26 crude oil in the Middle East, a shipping fixture showed.
China closed the Dalian Xingang oil port, home to the country's largest oil reserve bases and a major source of crude oil imports to PetroChina's northeastern refineries, after crude pipeline explosions spilled oil into the sea.
Industry sources are divided on how long the port will stay shut, with some estimating between seven and more than 10 days. Local officials said it could be shut for around five days.
The closure is expected to delay crude oil imports as well as exports of gasoline and diesel.
Shipping sources said on Monday as many as six Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) or 12 million barrels of crude due to be discharged in August, are set to be diverted from the Dalian port after the incident.
Latest data showed that three VLCCs are still slated to arrive in Dalian within the next two weeks from the Middle East.
PetroChina has leased from Korea National Oil Corp some 2 million barrels of crude oil storage in Seosan, on the west coast of South Korea, the sources said.
AIS Live ship tracking system showed the 270,000-deadweight tonne vessel has already reached Daesan port.
Data showed that the ship's draft is at 19.3 metres (63 ft) indicating that it is still fully loaded.
PetroChina's shipping arm Glasford chartered the VLCC to load on June 26 crude oil in the Middle East, a shipping fixture showed.
China closed the Dalian Xingang oil port, home to the country's largest oil reserve bases and a major source of crude oil imports to PetroChina's northeastern refineries, after crude pipeline explosions spilled oil into the sea.
Industry sources are divided on how long the port will stay shut, with some estimating between seven and more than 10 days. Local officials said it could be shut for around five days.
The closure is expected to delay crude oil imports as well as exports of gasoline and diesel.
Shipping sources said on Monday as many as six Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) or 12 million barrels of crude due to be discharged in August, are set to be diverted from the Dalian port after the incident.
Latest data showed that three VLCCs are still slated to arrive in Dalian within the next two weeks from the Middle East.
PetroChina has leased from Korea National Oil Corp some 2 million barrels of crude oil storage in Seosan, on the west coast of South Korea, the sources said.