Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of December 2024 Violations

21:40 15.01.2025

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 December 2024 (see Table 1).

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In December 2024, 5 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

They involved the delivery of crude oil to the ports of the EU countries.

Shipowners from Greece performed these voyages.

In December 2024, a total of 646.826 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo.

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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 December 2024

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	Year built	Port of departure	Actual Time of Departure	Port of destination	Estimated Time of Arrival	Shipowner
07/12	NEW FRIENDSHIP Crude oil tanker	9249180	104801	Liberia	2003	RU NVS	2024-12-06 01:28	RO MID ANCH in territorial sea	2024-12-07 09:59	Ship manager/Commercial manager NEW SHIPPING LTD-LIB 57A, Poseidonos Avenue, Moschato, 183 44, Piraeus, Greece. Registered owner CASTELLINA MARINE CO SA C/O: New Shipping Ltd 57A, Poseidonos Avenue, Moschato, 183 44, Piraeus, Greece.
07/12	LIPARI Crude oil tanker	9529487	158237	Liberia	2012	RU NVS	2024-12-01 05:27	HR OMI	2024-12-11 12:03	Registered owner JIASHI INTERNATIONAL SHIP C/O: TMS Tankers Ltd 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager TMS TANKERS LTD 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece.
10/12	YPAPANTI Crude oil tanker	9693082	109999	Malta	2016	RU NVS	2024-12-08 20:52	RO MID ANCH in territorial sea	2024-12-11 13:18	Ship manager/Commercial manager EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME 69, Grigoriou Lampraki Street, Glyfada, 166 75, Athens, Greece. Registered owner ZANTE SHIPPING LTD C/O: Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Ltd (EASTMED) 69, Grigoriou Lampraki Street, Glyfada, 166 75, Athens, Greece
22/12	MIINERVA LIBRA Crude oil tanker	9317951	116779	Malta	2007	RU NVS	2024-12-19 19:42	RO MID ANCH in territorial sea	2024-12-23 08:28	Ship manager/Commercial manager MINERVA MARINE INC 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece. Registered owner PETROS SHIPMANAGEMENT SA C/O: Minerva Marine Inc 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece.
30/12	AMALIA M Crude oil tanker	9924003	157010	Marshall Is	2022	RU NVS	2024-12-20 13:43	HR OMI	2025-01-03 05:29	Ship manager/Commercial manager MARINE TRUST LTD-MAI Vergoti Square, Glyfada, 166 75, Athens, Greece. Registered owner OCEANWAYS TRUST LTD C/O: Marine Trust Ltd Vergoti Square, Glyfada, 166 75, Athens, Greece.

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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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