Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of January 2025 Violations

21:00 12.02.2025

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 January 2025 (see Table 1).

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In January 2025, 6 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

One was involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece.

Five direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries.

Shipowners from Greece (5) and Azerbaijan (1) performed these voyages.

In January 2025, a total of 766.315 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 January 2025

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
01/01	MALIBU Crude oil tanker	9776731	158692	Malta	2017	RU NVS	2024-12-30 16:59	BOURGAS ANCH	2025-01-01 18:41	Registered owner HAOWANG 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
07/01	MIINERVA LIBRA Crude oil tanker	9317951	116779	Malta	2007	RU NVS	2025-01-06	RO MID ANCH in territorial sea	2025-01-07 11:37	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.
12/01	UTAKI Crude oil tanker	9262924	109189	Sierra Leone	2002	RU NVS	2024-12-31 06:01	STS LAKONIKOS GULF outside the territorial sea GR	2025-01-19 09:21	Ship manager/Commercial manager JUST MARINE LTD Suite 10, 3rd Floor, La Ciotat, Mont Fleuri, Mahe Island Seychelles. Registered owner JUST MARINE LTD Suite 10, 3rd Floor, La Ciotat, Mont Fleuri, Mahe Island Seychelles. ISM Manager BSTLS SHIPPING LLC Apartment 14, Building 21, Q Residencial Area, Yeni Gunashli settlement, Surakhani District, Baku, Azerbaijan.
12/01	SAFEEN BARONESS Crude oil tanker	9460576	105335	Marshall Is	2011	RU NVS	2025-01-09	RO MID ANCH in territorial sea	2025-01-12 13:31	Registered owner SAFEEN TANKERS 21 LTD C/O: NGM Energy SA 2nd Floor, 47-49, Boumpoulinas Street, 185 35, Piraeus, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager NGM ENERGY SA 2nd Floor, 47-49, Boumpoulinas Street, 185 35, Piraeus, Greece.
21/01	MINERVA LIBRA Crude oil tanker	9317951	116779	Malta	2007	RU NVS	2025-01-20 02:06	RO MID ANCH in territorial sea	2025-01-21 11:53	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.
25/01	FONTANA Crude oil tanker	9792541	159541	Marshall Is	2017	RU NVS	2025-01-16 06:54	HR OMI	2025-01-29 19:43	Registered owner XIANG H58 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.

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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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