Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in February 2024 (database)

23:00 15.03.2024
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 2024 (see Table 1).

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

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

Another four violations were the shipments of crude oil from Novorossiysk directly to the ports of Italy.

Four voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Greece. Shipowners from Malaysia, Seychelles and Moldova performed one voyage each. 

In February 2024, a total of 841,132 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo, compared with 910,800 tons in January 2024.

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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 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

03/02 

CROSS OCEAN
Crude Oil Tanker 

9251810 

106500 

 

Panama 

2002 

RU TAM
TAMAN 

ATD: 2024-01-11 09:27

LAKONIKOS GULF 

2024-02-09 00:42

Ship manager/Commercial manager DELNAZ SHIP MANAGEMENT SDN BHD 23A, Jalan E1, Taman Melawati, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

Registered owner CELESTIAL BLISS INVESTMENTS Care of Delnaz Ship Management Sdn Bhd , 23A, Jalan E1, Taman Melawati, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

03/02 

NISSOS DELOS
Crude Oil Tanker 

9592305 

115691 

Marshall Is 

 

2012 

RU NVS 

ATD: 2024-01-22 

IT SPA
SANTA PANAGIA 

2024-02-06 08:30

Registered owner BIGAL SHIPPING CORP Care of Kyklades Maritime Corp (Kyklades Naftiki Eteria), 2, Ethnarchou Makariou Street & Dimitrios Falireos Street, 185 47 Piraeus, Greece.  

Ship manager/Commercial manager KYKLADES MARITIME CORP 2, Ethnarchou Makariou Street & Dimitrios Falireos Street, 185 47 Piraeus, Greece. 

03/02 

SEAVIGOUR
Crude Oil Tanker 

9774185 

158566 

Malta 

2016 

RU NVS 

ATD: 2024-01-22 17:55

IT MLZ
MILAZZO 

2024-02-07 08:18

Ship manager/Commercial manager THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece. 

Registered owner ACHATES NAVIGATION INC Care of Thenamaris (Ships Management) Inc , 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece. 

07/02 

MINERVA OLYMPIA
Crude Oil Tanker 

9787194 

114661 

Greece 

2019 

RU NVS 

ATD: 2024-01-24 08:28

IT MLZ 

2024-02-11 10:00

Ship manager/Commercial manager MINERVA MARINE INC 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece.  

Registered owner EMY SHIPPING SA Care of Minerva Marine Inc , 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece 

10/02 

TOREX
Crude Oil Tanker 

9257814 

107081 

Palau 

2003 

RU TUA
TUAPSE 

RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH 

ATD: 2023-12-21 13:33

 

LAKONIKOS GULF 

2024-02-11 22:53

Ship manager/Commercial manager KSN SHIPMANAGEMENT SRL Strada Gheorghe Asachi 44, MD-2028 Chisinau, Moldova.  

Registered owner PEROL SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD Suite 10, 3rd Floor, La Ciotat, Mont Fleuri, Victoria, Mahe Island, Seychelles 

22/02 

EPHESOS
Crude Oil Tanker 

9607423 

164732 

Greece 

2012 

Transshipment between Sinop-NVS 

No data  

IT AUG 

2024-02-22 19:00

Ship manager/Commercial manager ANDRIAKI SHIPPING CO LTD-MAI 9, Fragkokklisias Street, Marousi, 151 25 Athens, Greece. 

Registered owner ELIA NAVIGATION LTD Care of Andriaki Shipping Co Ltd , 9, Fragkokklisias Street, Marousi, 151 25 Athens, Greece. 

24/02 

VALENTE
Crude Oil Tanker 

9298272 

73901 

Palau 

2005 

RU TAM 

2024-02-16 11:43

LAKONIKOS GULF 

2024-02-25 15:13

Ship manager/Commercial manager ADEL SHIP MANAGEMENT SRL Strada Gradina Botanica 14/3, MD-2032 Chisinau, Moldova. 

Registered owner BEST WAY TANKER CORP Care of 'Adel Ship Management' Srl , Strada Gradina Botanica 14/3, MD-2032 Chisinau, Moldova. 

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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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