Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of February 2025 Violations
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 2025 (see Table 1).
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In February 2025, 7 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.
Three were involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece and near Romania.
Four direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries.
Shipowners from Greece (3), Germany (1), Turkey (1) and Panama (1) performed these voyages.
In February 2024, a total of 736.771 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo.
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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 2025
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 |
|
05/02 |
ALATAU |
9416551 |
115896 |
Marshall Is |
2009 |
RU NVS |
2025-02-03 17:13 |
STS RO MID ANCH 44°16'13" N 28°46'21" E
|
2025-02-05 08:07 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU Grosse Elbstrasse 275, 22767, Hamburg, Germany. |
|
08/02 |
AKAR WEST |
9258167 |
47199 |
Barbados |
2003 |
RU NVS |
2025-02-01 |
STS RO CND OPL ANCH 43°54'35" N 28°59'54" E
|
2025-02-08 10:28 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager GOLDEN GATE SHIP MANAGEMENT Blok N, Apartmani A, Loft Residence, Buyukdere Caddesi 201/40, Esentepe Mah, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey. |
|
08/02 |
MINERVA MARINA |
9411939 |
157954 |
Malta |
2009 |
RU NVS |
2025-01-31 01:59 |
HR OMI |
2025-02-12 18:22 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager MINERVA MARINE INC 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece |
|
14/02 |
SAFEEN BARONESS |
9460576 |
105335 |
Marshall Is |
2011 |
RU NVS |
2025-02-12 00:57 |
RO MID ANCH 44°17'40" N 28°46'53" E
|
2025-02-14 08:28 |
Registered owner SAFEEN TANKERS 21 LTD C/O: NGM Energy SA 2nd Floor, 47-49, Boumpoulinas Street, 185 35, Piraeus, Greece. |
|
16/02 |
OASIS II |
9167150 |
34985 |
Panama |
2000 |
RU KZP |
2025-02-13 |
STS to west of PILOS Marina/Local Harbour [GR] GR PYL 36°49'39" N 21°24'10" E |
2025-02-19 02:27 |
Registered owner EAGLE SKY NAVIGATION ENT 21st Floor, Global Plaza, Calle 50, Panama City, Panama. |
|
21/02 |
ALTAI |
9446427 |
115952 |
Marshall Is |
2011 |
RU NVS |
2025-02-19 10:55 |
RO MID ANCH 44°17'31" N 28°46'15" E
|
2025-02-21 08:56 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU Grosse Elbstrasse 275, 22767, Hamburg, Germany. |
|
22/02 |
MINERVA SYMPHONY |
9304605 |
159450 |
Liberia |
2006 |
RU NVS |
2025-02-19 |
BG BOJ |
2025-02-22 04:09 |
Registered owner SYMPHONY SHIPOWNING SA C/O: Minerva Marine Inc 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73, 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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