A still image from video taken by a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft shows the oil tanker United Kalavyrta, which was carrying a cargo of Kurdish crude oil on July 25, 2014. (File photo: Reuters)
Fifth tanker of Iraqi Kurdish oil loading in Turkey
The Suezmax tanker Kamari arrived at the port late on Wednesday
The fifth cargo of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan was being loaded at Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan on Thursday and the tanker was scheduled to depart on Friday, Turkish energy officials said.
The Suezmax tanker Kamari arrived at the port late on Wednesday, according to a shipping source, and will be carrying one million barrels of crude oil, officials said.
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