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 |
9530618 |
149999 |
Turkey |
RU TAM |
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. |
04/04 |
MINERVA KARTERIA |
9787170 |
114780 |
Greece |
RU TAM |
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. |
07/04 |
EURODIGNITY |
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. |
18/04 |
ROCKY RUNNER |
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. |
19/04 |
AMBROSIA |
9301029 |
105363 |
Bahamas |
RU TAM |
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. |
23/04 |
GREEN AURA |
9808168 |
112684 |
Liberia |
RU TAM |
ATD: 2023-04-19 07:54 |
BQ SINT EUSTATIUS ANCH |
ATA: 2023-05-13 10:51 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager 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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