Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in October 2023 (database)

21:30 07.11.2023

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 October 2023 (see Table 1).

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In October 2023, 2 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

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

The second violation was the shipment of crude oil from Novorossiysk directly to the port of MILAZZO, Sicily, Italy.

Both voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Greece.

In October 2023, a total of 274,240 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo, compared with 496,854 tons in September 2023.

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Табл. 1. Tankers that transported Russia’s crude oil in violation of the embargo from Russian ports on the Black Sea to EU countries in October 2023

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	Port of departure	Actual Time of Departure	Port of destination	Estimated Time of Arrival	Shipowner
21/10	SEAVIGOUR Crude Oil Tanker	9774185	158566	Malta	RU NVS	ATD: 2023-10-16 11:48 LT (UTC +3)	IT MLZ MILAZZO	ATA: 2023-10-25 10:21	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.

28/10	MINERVA KYTHNOS Crude Oil Tanker	9592252	115674	Greece	RU NVS	ATD: 2023-10-20 02:28 LT (UTC +3)	IT TAR GULF OF TARANTO	ATA: 2023-10-31 09:11	Ship manager/Commercial manager MINERVA MARINE INC 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece. Registered owner PRIDE SHIPMANAGEMENT CORP Care of 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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