THE UNITED NATIONS: An Indian-flagged oil tanker was added to a UN sanctions blacklist for illegally carrying crude from Libya.

The Distya Ameya vessel was headed for Malta after leaving from eastern Libya, where rival authorities were behind the sale of the crude. The decision would mean that authorities in Malta or in any other destination country would have to impound the tanker on arrival, diplomats said.

The UN sanctions committee said the vessel may have been sold recently and its name changed to Kassos. On Tuesday, the tanker was north of Al-Bayda, Libya and headed in the direction of Malta.

A diplomat said the tanker’s final destination could be the UAE and that the cargo was in violation of a ban on oil revenues to entities other than Libya’s new unity government.