Blood Oil. On 23/03/2022, at Least 5 Oil Tankers Transported About 300,000 Tons of Russian Oil Through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for Export
The Monitoring Group
of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies
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The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reports:
on 23/03/2022, at least 5 oil tankers transported about 300,000 tons of Russian blood oil through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for export.
The breakdown of oil tankers by shipowner’s country of registration:
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Greece – 1
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Turkey – 1
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Russia – 2
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Germany – 1
The ports of destination:
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GR PIR PIRAEUS, Greece
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EG SUZ SUEZ CANAL, Egypt
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TR MER MERSIN, Turkey
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TR MER MERSIN, Turkey
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IT RAN RAVENNA, Italy
Reference:
300,000 tons of Russian URALS oil costs about $200 million, which is equivalent to the cost of about 30 Russian Kalibr cruise missiles.
For detailed information, see Table 1.
Table 1
| 23/03/2022 | |||||||||
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# |
Name |
IMO |
DWT |
Port of departure |
Actual Time of Departure |
Port of destination |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
Flag |
Shipowner |
|
1 |
NORDIC TELLUS |
9818230 |
157000 |
RU NVS NOVOROSSIYSK
|
ATD: 2022-03-17 03:28 LT (UTC +3) |
GR PIR
|
ETA: 2022-03-24 14:00 LT (UTC +2) |
Cayman Islands |
Ship manager/Commercial manager LOM Building, 27, Reid Street, Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda. Registered owner Care of Nordic American Tankers Ltd, LOM Building, 27, Reid Street, Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda. ISM Manager COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU Grosse Elbstrasse 275, 22767 Hamburg, Germany. |
|
2 |
IRTYSH RIVER |
9435375 |
7073 |
RU NVS NOVOROSSIYSK |
ATD: 2022-03-18 23:45 LT (UTC +3) |
TR MER MERSIN |
ETA: 2022-03-27 11:00 LT (UTC +3) |
Russia |
Ship manager/Commercial manager SEVERTRANSBUNKER CO LTD Office 601, prospekt Budyonnovskiy 2, Rostov-na-Donu, 344002, Russia. Registered owner SBK DOLINA LLC Care of SeverTransBunker Co Ltd , Office 601, prospekt Budyonnovskiy 2, Rostov-na-Donu, 344002, Russia. |
|
3 |
ARAL |
8125454 |
8915 |
RU TAM TAMAN |
ATD: 2022-03-19 20:05 LT (UTC +3) |
IT RAN RAVENNA |
ETA: 2022-03-26 22:00 LT (UTC +1) |
Malta |
Ship manager/Commercial manager ORSA TANKER ISLETMECILIGI Kat 2, Feritbey Is Hani, Bogazkesen Caddesi 56, Tomtom Mah, Beyoglu, 34425 Istanbul, Turkey. Registered owner MAYA SHIPPING Care of Orsa Tanker Isletmeciligi ve Denizcilik Sanayi Ticaret Ltd Sti, Kat 2, Feritbey Is Hani, Bogazkesen Caddesi 56, Tomtom Mah, Beyoglu, 34425 Istanbul, Turkey. |
|
4 |
HAJI DAVUD |
9352705 |
6526 |
RU TMR TEMRYUK |
ATD: 2022-03-17 07:16 LT (UTC +3) |
TR MER MERSIN |
ETA: 2022-03-27 06:00 LT (UTC +3) |
Russia |
Ship manager/Commercial manager SEVERTRANSBUNKER CO LTD Office 601, prospekt Budyonnovskiy 2, Rostov-na-Donu, 344002, Russia. Registered owner SBK DOLINA LLC Care of SeverTransBunker Co Ltd , Office 601, prospekt Budyonnovskiy 2, Rostov-na-Donu, 344002, Russia. |
|
5 |
SEAGRACE |
9290309 |
105941 |
RU TAM TAMAN |
ATD: 2022-03-21 04:51 LT (UTC +3) |
EG SUZ SUEZ CANAL |
ETA: 2022-03-26 18:00 LT (UTC +2)
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Malta |
Ship manager/Commercial manager THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece. Registered owner COOPER NAVIGATION LTD Care of Thenamaris (Ships Management) Inc , 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece |
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