Chinese LNG Ship Skirting US Curbs Continues to Fake Location

Bloomberg.com · last updated November 2, 2025 – 8:47 PM

A liquefied natural gas tanker that appears to be assisting a Russian export project circumvent US sanctions is still faking its location, according to satellite images analyzed by Bloomberg News.

The CCH Gas vessel, which has a registered owner with an address in Hong Kong, is signaling that it has been idling off the eastern coast of Malaysia for the last week. However, satellite images taken by Copernicus Sentinel-2 between Oct. 28 and Nov. 2 show that the ship isn’t currently in that location.

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