President Donald Trump’s first sanctions package targeting a handful of vessels carrying Iranian oil stopped short of the “maximum pressure” campaign his administration had pledged, according to shippers and analysts.

The Treasury Department Thursday imposed new sanctions on an international oil network it said ships hundreds of millions of dollars of oil to China. The funds allegedly benefit Iran's military.

According to the state department, the sanctions target a network that is bringing “illicit revenue to the Iranian military” through a front company, Sepehr Energy. Also included are a shadow tanker fleet and management companies that facilitate the supply of oil to China,