Russian Baltic Sea Ports Petroleum Products Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of January 2025 Violations
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews
and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studie
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 EU and G7 embargo on the seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products into EU countries and the US (the embargo) from the ports on the Baltic Sea in January 2025 (see Table 1).
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In January 2025, 4 violations (180.393 tons) of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) to the transshipment points and EU/US ports from the Baltic Sea were recorded.
The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in the following countries: Greece (1), Turkey (1), Singapore (1) and Croatia (1).
Note: Where we are talking about tankers with oil products (not crude oil tankers), they may theoretically contain goods that are not prohibited, such as vegetable oil or chemical fertilisers, rather than oil products. In the Russian Federation, port websites have been closed since 24.02.2022, and access to customs databases has also been closed. Therefore, we believe that these are petroleum products, as the volume of exports of vegetable oil and chemical fertilisers is ten times less than diesel or petrol. But sometimes mistakes happen - we become aware of them when shipowners see themselves on our website and send documents about the cargo. Then we remove them from our ‘black lists’ .
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Table 1. Tankers Transporting Petroleum Products from the Russian Baltic Sea Ports in January 2025 in violation of the EU embargo (database)
Data on shipowners and operators — from www.equasis.org
|
Name |
IMO |
DWT |
Flag |
Year built |
Port of departure |
Actual Time of Departure |
Port of destination |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
Registered owner
|
|
MRC BELIZ Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9335044 |
46012 |
Malta |
2007 |
RU KDT |
2025-01-06 15:36 |
US ILM |
2025-01-27 05:22 |
Registered owner MRC BELIZ SHIPPING CORP LTD C/O: MRC Denizcilik Turizm ve Petrol Urunleri Ticaret Ltd Sti Kuzguncuk Carsi Caddesi 39, Kuzguncuk Mah, Uskudar, 34674, Istanbul, Turkey. |
|
VERIGE Chemical/Oil Products Tanker
|
9401128 |
52725 |
Croatia |
2010 |
RU LED |
2025-01-16 22:10 |
US ILM WILMINGTON NC Port |
2025-02-06 18:15 |
Registered owner UNITED SHIPPING SERV ELEVEN C/O: Uljanik Shipmanagement Inc ul Carrarina 6, HR-52100, Pula, Croatia. |
|
WISDOM STAR Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9278674 |
34528 |
Panama |
2003 |
RU KDT |
2025-01-24 14:55 |
US CRP CORPUS CHRISTI Port [US] |
2025-02-20 02:53 |
Registered owner WISDOM STAR SHIPPING CO LTD C/O: Chem Star Shipping Pte Ltd 03-02, 76, Playfair Road, off Macpherson Road, Singapore 36799 |
|
SEA LA DONNA Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9380532 |
47128 |
Liberia |
2009 |
RU LED |
2025-01-30 22:40 |
NL VLI US BAL |
2025-02-07 12:32 2025-02-22 01:00 |
Registered owner BRANWEN SERVICES INC C/O: Petrochem General Management SA (PGM) 201, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Nea Smyrni, 171 21, Athens, 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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