Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in January 2024 (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 January 2024 (see Table 1).

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In January 2024, 7 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

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

Another three violations were the shipments of crude oil from Novorossiysk directly to the ports of TRIESTE, Italy; PACHI, Greece and CARTAGENA, Spain.

Five voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Greece. Shipowners from Marshall Islands and Hong Kong, China performed one voyage each.

In January 2024, a total of 910,800 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo, compared with 784,566 tons in December 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 January 2024

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 

AEGEAN HORIZON 

Crude Oil Tanker

9326811

158738

Greece

2007 

RU NVS

ATD: 2023-12-20 10:07

ES CAR 

CARTAGENA

ATA: 2024-01-06 19:45

Registered owner MISTRAL NAVIGATOR INC Care of Arcadia Shipmanagement Co Ltd , 8, Dragatsaniou Street, 105 59 Athens, Greece.

Ship manager/Commercial manager ARCADIA SHIPMANAGEMENT CO LTD 8, Dragatsaniou Street, 105 59 Athens, Greece.

03/01 

NARCISSUS 

Crude Oil Tanker

9232931 

159367 

Panama

2003 

RU TAM 

TAMAN

ATD: 2023-12-19 01:29

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATD: 2024-01-04 21:08

Ship manager/Commercial manager TAIHONG SHIPPING LTD Room 1602, 16th Floor, Lucky Centre, 165-171, Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China.

Registered owner TAIHONG SHIPPING LTD Room 1602, 16th Floor, Lucky Centre, 165-171, Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China 

06/01 

IONIC ANASSA 

Crude Oil Tanker 

9779795 

114718 

Marshall Is 

2016 

RU NVS 

ATD: 2023-12-28 23:40

IT TRS 

TRIESTE

ETA: 2024-01-10 03:00

Ship manager/Commercial manager IONIC TANKERS MGT INC 93, Poseidonos Avenue, Glyfada, 166 74 Athens, Greece.

Registered owner IONIC ANASSA INC Care of Ionic Tankers (Mgt) Inc , 93, Poseidonos Avenue, Glyfada, 166 74 Athens, Greece. 

10/01 

ATTICA 

Crude Oil Tanker 

9436941 

105309 

Gabon 

2010 

RU TAM 

TAMAN 

ATD: 2023-12-31 20:45

GR LAKONIKOS GULF 

ATA: 2024-01-11 11:33

Ship manager/Commercial manager ZEUS SHIPPING & MARINE INC Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands.

Registered owner ZEUS SHIPPING & MARINE INC Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands. 

21/01 

TAHITI 

Crude oil tanker 

Needs to be clarified at the port of arrival 

9600877 

157022 

Malta 

2014 

RU NVS  

No data 

GR PME 

PACHI 

ETA: 2024-01-22 08:00

Ship manager/Commercial manager TMS TANKERS LTD 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24 Athens, Greece. 

Registered owner ANATOLIA OWNING CO LTD Care of TMS Tankers Ltd , 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24 Athens, Greece 

22/01 

OCEAN WAVE I 

Crude Oil Tanker 

9356763 

50353 

Panama 

2008 

RU TUA 

TUAPSE 

ATD: 2024-01-18 18:48

GR LAKONIKOS GULF 

ATA: 2024-01-24 18:31

Ship manager/Commercial manager SEA TRADE MARINE SA 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece.  

Registered owner LIGHTHOUSE MARITIME INVESTMENT Care of Sea Trade Marine SA , 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece 

27/01 

JULIA A 

Crude Oil Tanker 

9236353 

165293 

Liberia 

2003 

RU NVS 

ATD: 2024-01-03 22:34

GR LAKONIKOS GULF 

ATA: 2024-01-28 13:32 

Ship manager/Commercial manager ERATO CARRIER SA 25, Bouboulinas Street, 185 35 Piraeus, Greece.  

Registered owner ERATO CARRIER SA 25, Bouboulinas Street, 185 35 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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