Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in March 2023 (database)

19:25 31.03.2023

Russia

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 March 2023 (see Table 1).

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In March 2023, 4 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.

Shipowners from Greece, UAE, India and Marshall Islands performed 1 voyage each.

A total of 476,449 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf in violation of the embargo, compared with 975,520 tons in February 2023 and 1,274,281 tons in January 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 March 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
08/03	ORIENTAL PEARL Crude Oil Tanker	9281011	115048	St.Kitts and Nevis	RU TAM TAMAN	ATD: 2023-02-24 16:59	GR LAKONIKOS GULF	ETA: 2023-03-10 08:00	Ship manager/Commercial manager GATIK SHIP MANAGEMENT M/S E-306, 3rd Floor, Eastern Business District, Neptune Magnet Mall, Lal Bahadur Shastri Road, Bhandup (W), Mumbai, 400078, India. Registered owner ORIENTAL DYNASTY INC Care of m/s Gatik Ship Management, E-306, 3rd Floor, Eastern Business District, Neptune Magnet Mall, Lal Bahadur Shastri Road, Bhandup (W), Mumbai, 400078, India.
08/03	TYCHE 1 Crude Oil Tanker	9308077	150980	Panama	RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH	ATD: 2023-03-02 00:00	GR LAKONIKOS GULF	ETA: 2023-03-06 16:00	Ship manager/Commercial manager FRACTAL MARINE DMCC Unit 157, Level 5, DMCC Business Centre, Jewellery & Gemplex 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Registered owner NEMAN SHIPPING INC Care of Fractal Marine DMCC, Unit 157, Level 5, DMCC Business Centre, Jewellery & Gemplex 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
14/03	EUROSTRENGTH Crude Oil Tanker	9543524	104594	Liberia	RU NVS	ATD: 2023-03-06 15:00	GR LAKONIKOS GULF	ATA: 2023-03-16 11:27	Ship manager/Commercial manager EUROTANKERS INC 5th Floor, 99, Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus, Greece. Registered owner ALBERTI MARINE INC Care of Eurotankers Inc, 5th Floor, 99, Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus, Greece.
15/03	NAXOS Crude Oil Tanker	9336426	105827	St Kitts and Nevis	RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH	ATD: 2023-03-08 16:00	GR LAKONIKOS GULF	ATD: 2023-03-20 05:00	Ship manager/Commercial manager HIPPOCAMPUS SHIPPING & MARINE Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands. Registered owner HIPPOCAMPUS SHIPPING & MARINE Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands

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This article has been prepared with the support of the European Union in Ukraine. The content of the article is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the position of the EU

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