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

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 April 2023 (see Table 1).

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In April 2023, 6 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.

4 such voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Greece, 2 shipowners from Turkey and UAE performed 1 voyage each.

A total of 801,594 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf in violation of the embargo, compared with 476,449 tons in MArch 2023 and 975,520 tons in February 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 April 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

01/04

OTTOMAN INTEGRITY
Crude Oil Tanker

9530618

149999

Turkey

RU TAM
TAMAN

ATD: 2023-03-25 08:32

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-04-02 11:11

Ship manager/Commercial manager GUNGEN DENIZCILIK VE TICARET Halici Sokak 9, Gaziosmanpasa Mah, Cankaya, 06700 Ankara, Turkey.
Registered owner GUNGEN DENIZCILIK VE TICARET Halici Sokak 9, Gaziosmanpasa Mah, Cankaya, 06700 Ankara, Turkey.

04/04

MINERVA KARTERIA
Crude Oil Tanker

9787170

114780

Greece

RU TAM
TAMAN

ATD: 2023-03-20 18:03

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-04-05 20:30

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

07/04

EURODIGNITY
Crude Oil Tanker

9283241

159426

Liberia

RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH

ATD: 2023-03-30 15:44

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

АTA: 2023-04-09 11:51

Ship manager/Commercial manager EUROTANKERS INC 5th Floor, 99, Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus, Greece.
Registered owner MARBELLA INVESTMENTS INC Care of Eurotankers Inc, 5th Floor, 99, Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus, Greece.

18/04

ROCKY RUNNER
Crude Oil Tanker

9288899

159342

Cook Is

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-04-14 15:40

GR LAKONIKOS GULF
 

АTA: 2023-04-19 21:32

Ship manager/Commercial manager RADIATING WORLD SHIPPING SERVS Office 943, Burjuman Business Centre, BT1/L09/1-16-118, Khalid Bin Waleed Road, (Bank Street), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Registered owner THANDA PACIFIC LTD Care of Radiating World Shipping Services LLC, Office 943, Burjuman Business Centre, BT1/L09/1-16-118, Khalid Bin Waleed Road, (Bank Street), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

19/04

AMBROSIA
Crude Oil Tanker

9301029

105363

Bahamas

RU TAM
TAMAN

ATD: 2023-04-05 20:06

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-04-20 12:47

Ship manager/Commercial manager ALBERTA SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD 26A, Ioannou Apostolopoulou Street, Chalandri, 152 31 Athens, Greece.
Registered owner AMBROSIA SHIPPING INC Care of Alberta Shipmanagement Ltd, 26A, Ioannou Apostolopoulou Street, Chalandri, 152 31 Athens, Greece.

23/04

GREEN AURA
Crude Oil Tanker

9808168

112684

Liberia

RU TAM
TAMAN

ATD: 2023-04-19 07:54

BQ SINT EUSTATIUS ANCH
Bonaire, St.Eustatius and Saba [BQ] Caribbean Netherlands

ATA: 2023-05-13 10:51

Ship manager/Commercial manager AEGEAN SHIPPING MANAGEMENT SA 10, Akti Kondyli, 185 45 Piraeus, Greece.
Registered owner AEGEANZHOU BETA INC Care of Aegean Shipping Management SA, 10, Akti Kondyli, 185 45 Piraeus, 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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