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Russian Baltic Sea Ports Petroleum Products Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of August 2024 Violations

The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews
and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studie

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 EU and G7 embargo on the seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products into EU countries and the US (the embargo) from the ports on the Baltic Sea in August 2024 (see Table 1).

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In August 2024, 6 violations (227.072 tons) of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) to the transshipment points and EU ports from the Baltic Sea were recorded.

The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in the following countries: Singapore (2), Greece (2), Russia (1) and China (1). 

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Table 1. Tankers Transporting Petroleum Products from the Russian Baltic Sea Ports in August 2024 in violation of the EU embargo (database)

Data on shipowners and operators — from www.equasis.org

Name

IMO

DWT

Flag

Year built

Port of departure

Actual Time of Departure

Port of destination

Estimated Time of Arrival

Registered owner

E PIONEER
Oil Products Tanker 

9278686 

45985 

Cyprus 

2003 

RU LED 

2024-08-03 23:44  

MALTA OPL ANCH 

2024-08-17 22:29

Registered owner E TANKERS MARITIME CO LTD C/O: Centauri Ship Management Pte Ltd 08-09A, Shenton House, 3, Shenton Way, Singapore 068805
Ship manager/Commercial manager CENTAURI SHIP MANAGEMENT PTE 08-09A, Shenton House, 3, Shenton Way, Singapore 068805 

BARON I
Oil Products Tanker 

9288370 

46999 

Panama 

2004 

RU ULU 

2024-08-10 17:15  

MALTA OPL ANCH 

2024-08-29 06:46

Registered owner BALSER MARITIME COMPANY SA C/O: Sea Trade Marine SA 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager SEA TRADE MARINE SA 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece. 

DELPHI
Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9283796 

37432 

Liberia 

2004 

RU LED 

2024-08-15 20:22  

RIJEKA ANCH 

2024-08-31 16:35

Registered owner AVERTO MARINE CORP C/O: Tsakos Shipping & Trading SA Megaron 'Macedonia', 367, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Palaio Faliro, 175 64, Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager TSAKOS SHIPPING & TRADING SA Megaron 'Macedonia', 367, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Palaio Faliro, 175 64, Athens, Greece. 

MELITO CARRIER Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

8920581 

4676 

Russia 

1993 

RU LED 

2024-08-19 00:06  

NORWEGIAN SEA FISH A
 

2024-08-28 17:08

Registered owner MORSKAYA ZVEZDA CO LTD Ofis 18, ul Khabarovskaya 16, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalinskaya oblast, 693003, Russia
Ship manager/Commercial manager MC FOR LLC Room 4, Premise 8N, prospekt Nevskiy 20A, St Petersburg, 191186, Russia. 

ANTARES I
Oil Products Tanker 

9382073 

45997 

Liberia 

2008 

RU LED 

2024-08-23 00:52  

IT AUG 

2024-09-12 21:00

Registered owner SOUTHBULK SHIPPING LTD C/O: Executive Ship Management Pte Ltd 21-00/22-00, 78, Shenton Way, Singapore 079120
Ship manager/Commercial manager EXECUTIVE SHIP MANAGEMENT 21-00/22-00, 78, Shenton Way, Singapore 079120 

HARDRADA
Oil Products Tanker 

9344007 

45983 

Liberia 

2007 

RU ULU 

2024-08-30 12:44  

MALTA OPL ANCH 

2024-09-12 19:07

Registered owner WETFUEL SHIPPING INC C/O: Fleet Management Ltd 27th Floor, South Island Place, 8, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Southern, Hong Kong, China.
Ship manager/Commercial manager FLEET MANAGEMENT LTD-HKG 27th Floor, South Island Place, 8, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Southern, Hong Kong, China. 

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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