Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in July 2023 (database)
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews
and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies
The Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews reports on the results of its own monitoring of violations of the embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil into EU countries in July 2023 (see Table 1).
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In July 2023, 2 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.
All of them involved the delivery of oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece.
1 such voyage were made by tanker belonging to company from Greece, 1 – by a shipowner from Turkey.
A total of 222,316 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf in violation of the embargo, compared with 1,134,445 tons in June 2023 and 1,554,020 tons in May 2023.
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Table 1. Tankers that transported Russia’s crude oil in violation of the embargo from Russian ports on the Black Sea to EU countries in July 2023
Data on shipowners and operators — from www.equasis.org
The first column of the table shows the date of a vessel's passage from the Sea of Marmara through the Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea
# |
Name |
IMO |
DWT |
Flag |
Port of departure |
Actual Time of Departure |
Port of destination |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
Shipowner |
08/07 |
STEALTH HARALAMBOS Crude Oil Tanker |
9386536 |
113021 |
Marshall Is |
RU TAM TAMAN |
ATD: 2023-07-01 23:00 LT (UTC +3) |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-07-09 08:55 LT (UTC +3) |
Ship manager/Commercial manager SIGNAL PROJECTS LTD 110, Vouliagmenis Avenue, Glyfada, 166 74 Athens, Greece. Registered owner TANK PASHA INC Care of Signal Projects Ltd , 110, Vouliagmenis Avenue, Glyfada, 166 74 Athens, Greece. |
09/07 |
BUTTERFLY A Crude Oil Tanker |
9249130 |
109295
|
Liberia |
RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH |
ATD: 2023-06-30 20:33 LT (UTC +3) |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATD: 2023-07-11 12:39 LT (UTC +3) |
Ship manager/Commercial manager AQUILA SHIPOWNER SA Mazaya Plaza, Zuhal Caddesi 46, Cevizli Mah, Maltepe, 34846 Istanbul, Turkey. Registered owner AQUILA SHIPOWNER SA Mazaya Plaza, Zuhal Caddesi 46, Cevizli Mah, Maltepe, 34846 Istanbul, Turkey. |
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