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

19:00 28.02.2023
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 February 2023 (see Table 1).

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In February 2023, 7 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.

5 such voyages were made by tanker belonging to company from Greece, 2 shipowners from Denmark and Liberia performed 1 voyage each.

A total of 975,520 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf in violation of the embargo, compared with 1,274,281 tons in January 2023 and 1,019,247 tons in December 2022.

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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 February 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

05/02

LENI P.
Crude Oil Tanker

9594133

158640

Marshall Is

RU TAM
TAMAN

ATD: 2023-01-24 00:02

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-02-06 08:22

Registered owner SUMMERTON INVESTMENTS CORP-MAI Care of Marine Trust Ltd, Vergoti Square, Glyfada, 166 75 Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager MARINE TRUST LTD-MAI Vergoti Square, Glyfada, 166 75 Athens, Greece.

05/02

HS BURAQ
Crude Oil Tanker
 

9381732

112521

Liberia

RU TUA
TUAPSE
RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH

ATD: 2023-01-18 05:24
ATD: 2023-01-24 12:00

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-02-09 13:21

Ship manager/Commercial manager HS BURAQ LTD 80, Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia.
Registered owner HS BURAQ LTD 80, Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia

07/02

SEAOATH
Crude Oil Tanker

9290361

105472

Malta

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-01-27 01:14

NL RTM
ROTTERDAM

ETA: 2023-02-18 09:00

Registered owner SEACARGO SHIPPING LTD Care of Thenamaris (Ships Management) Inc, 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece.

07/02

BEKS EBRU
Crude Oil Tanker

9308132

49911

Marshall Is

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-02-03 02:07

IT AUG
AUGUSTA
 

ATA: 2023-02-11 10:10
 

Ship manager/Commercial manager MAERSK TANKERS MR K/S Holmbladsgade 133, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Registered owner DOLPHIN MARITIME & TRADING-MAI Care of Maersk Tankers MR K/S, Holmbladsgade 133, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark

09/02

KRITI DIAMOND
Crude Oil Tanker

9249075

166739

Liberia

RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH

ATD: 2023-01-25 19:38

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATD: 2023-02-11 05:40

Ship manager/Commercial manager AVIN INTERNATIONAL LTD 12A, Irodou Attikou Street, Marousi, 151 24 Athens, Greece.
Registered owner AINE MARINE SA Care of Avin International Ltd, 12A, Irodou Attikou Street, Marousi, 151 24 Athens, Greece.

09/02

MINERVA DOXA
Crude Oil Tanker

9304617

159438

Greece

RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH

ATD: 2023-01-28 08:48

LAKONIKOS GREECE
 

ATA: 2023-02-10 13:58

Registered owner DOXA ENE Care of Minerva Marine Inc, 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager MINERVA MARINE INC 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece.

25/02

PROMITHEAS
Crude Oil Tanker

9305611

117055

Greece

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-02-16 22:49

IT TRS
TRIESTE

ETA: 2023-02-22 14:00

Ship manager/Commercial manager TSAKOS SHIPPING & TRADING SA Megaron 'Macedonia', 367, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Palaio Faliro, 175 64 Athens, Greece.
Registered owner TRITON SUCCESS SA Care of Tsakos Shipping & Trading SA, Megaron 'Macedonia', 367, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Palaio Faliro, 175 64 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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