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

19:14 30.06.2023
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 June 2023 (see Table 1).

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In June 2023, 9 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.

3 such voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Turkey, shipowners from Greece and Liberia performed 2 voyages each. Tankers, owned by companies from Latvia and India made 1 voyage each.

A total of 1,134,445 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf in violation of the embargo, compared with 1,554,020 tons in May 2023 and 801,594 tons in April 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 June 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

03/06

EUROSTRENGTH
Crude Oil Tanker

9543524

104594

Liberia

RU TAM
TAMAN

ATD: 2023-05-27 00:47

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-06-04 15:27

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

05/06

HS LEGEND
Crude Oil Tanker

9381744

112511

Liberia

RU TUAPSE ANCH

ATD: 2023-06-01 14:44

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATD: 2023-06-08 09:01

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

06/06

FAIR SEAS
Crude Oil Tanker

9405057

115406

Marshall Is

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-05-30 11:38

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-06-07 14:11

Ship manager/Commercial manager ACTIVE DENIZCILIK VE GEMI 2 Caddesi 5, Dudullu OSB Mah, Umraniye, 34776 Istanbul, Turkey.
Registered owner KLUBBHOLMEN SHIPPING LTD Care of Active Denizcilik ve Gemi Isletmeciligi AS, 2 Caddesi 5, Dudullu OSB Mah, Umraniye, 34776 Istanbul, Turkey.

13/06

NORDIC THUNDER
Crude Oil Tanker

9797228

157374

Marshall Is

RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH

ATD: 2023-06-10 13:19 (UTC +3)

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-06-14 11:00

Ship manager/Commercial manager ACTIVE DENIZCILIK VE GEMI 2 Caddesi 5, Dudullu OSB Mah, Umraniye, 34776 Istanbul, Turkey.
Registered owner SANDHOLMEN SHIPPING LTD Care of Active Denizcilik ve Gemi Isletmeciligi AS, 2 Caddesi 5, Dudullu OSB Mah, Umraniye, 34776 Istanbul, Turkey.

15/06

OTTOMAN NOBILITY
Crude Oil Tanker

9290359

152622

Turkey

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-06-12 16:20

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

АTA: 2023-06-16 11:05

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

17/06

HS ARGE
Crude Oil Tanker

9299745

106007

Liberia

RU TUA TUAPSE

ATD: 2023-06-09 12:16

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-06-18 17:58

Ship manager/Commercial manager XFINITY MARITIME SERVICES PVT Office 1005, Niharika Mirage Kharghar, Sector 10, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410210, India.
Registered owner HS ARGE LTD Care of Xfinity Maritime Services Pvt Ltd, Office 1005, Niharika Mirage Kharghar, Sector 10, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410210, India.

25/06

CHRYSALIS
Crude Oil Tanker

9437684

115867

Liberia

RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH

ATD: 2023-06-21 18:22

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-06-26 16:38

Ship manager/Commercial manager STEALTH MARITIME CORP SA 331, Kifisias Avenue, Kifisia, 145 61 Athens, Greece.
Registered owner ECLIPSE LIQUIDITY INC Care of Stealth Maritime Corp SA, 331, Kifisias Avenue, Kifisia, 145 61 Athens, Greece.

29/06

HS LEGEND
Crude Oil Tanker

9381744

112511

Liberia

RU TUA
TUAPSE

ATD: 2023-06-24 12:08

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-06-30 21:57

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

24/06

ELANDRA FALCON
Crude Oil Tanker

9792486

157553

Marshall Is

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-06-21 03:53

IT MLZ
MILAZZO

ATA: 2023-06-28 08:45

Ship manager/Commercial manager LSC SIA Sporta iela 11, LV-1013 Riga, Latvia.
Registered owner SEA 101 LEASING CO LTD Care of LSC SIA, Sporta iela 11, LV-1013 Riga, Latvia

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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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