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

19:00 28.02.2023

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 February 2023 (see Table 1).

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In February 2023, 7 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

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

5 such voyages were made by tanker belonging to company from Greece, 2 shipowners from Denmark and Liberia performed 1 voyage each.

A total of 975,520 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf in violation of the embargo, compared with 1,274,281 tons in January 2023 and 1,019,247 tons in December 2022.

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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 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
05/02	LENI P. Crude Oil Tanker	9594133	158640	Marshall Is	RU TAM TAMAN	ATD: 2023-01-24 00:02	GR LAKONIKOS GULF	ATA: 2023-02-06 08:22	Registered owner SUMMERTON INVESTMENTS CORP-MAI Care of Marine Trust Ltd, Vergoti Square, Glyfada, 166 75 Athens, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager MARINE TRUST LTD-MAI Vergoti Square, Glyfada, 166 75 Athens, Greece.
05/02	HS BURAQ Crude Oil Tanker	9381732	112521	Liberia	RU TUA TUAPSE RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH	ATD: 2023-01-18 05:24 ATD: 2023-01-24 12:00	GR LAKONIKOS GULF	ATA: 2023-02-09 13:21	Ship manager/Commercial manager HS BURAQ LTD 80, Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia. Registered owner HS BURAQ LTD 80, Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia
07/02	SEAOATH Crude Oil Tanker	9290361	105472	Malta	RU NVS	ATD: 2023-01-27 01:14	NL RTM ROTTERDAM	ETA: 2023-02-18 09:00	Registered owner SEACARGO SHIPPING LTD Care of Thenamaris (Ships Management) Inc, 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece.
07/02	BEKS EBRU Crude Oil Tanker	9308132	49911	Marshall Is	RU NVS	ATD: 2023-02-03 02:07	IT AUG AUGUSTA	ATA: 2023-02-11 10:10	Ship manager/Commercial manager MAERSK TANKERS MR K/S Holmbladsgade 133, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark. Registered owner DOLPHIN MARITIME & TRADING-MAI Care of Maersk Tankers MR K/S, Holmbladsgade 133, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
09/02	KRITI DIAMOND Crude Oil Tanker	9249075	166739	Liberia	RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH	ATD: 2023-01-25 19:38	GR LAKONIKOS GULF	ATD: 2023-02-11 05:40	Ship manager/Commercial manager AVIN INTERNATIONAL LTD 12A, Irodou Attikou Street, Marousi, 151 24 Athens, Greece. Registered owner AINE MARINE SA Care of Avin International Ltd, 12A, Irodou Attikou Street, Marousi, 151 24 Athens, Greece.
09/02	MINERVA DOXA Crude Oil Tanker	9304617	159438	Greece	RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH	ATD: 2023-01-28 08:48	LAKONIKOS GREECE	ATA: 2023-02-10 13:58	Registered owner DOXA ENE Care of Minerva Marine Inc, 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager MINERVA MARINE INC 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece.
25/02	PROMITHEAS Crude Oil Tanker	9305611	117055	Greece	RU NVS	ATD: 2023-02-16 22:49	IT TRS TRIESTE	ETA: 2023-02-22 14:00	Ship manager/Commercial manager TSAKOS SHIPPING & TRADING SA Megaron 'Macedonia', 367, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Palaio Faliro, 175 64 Athens, Greece. Registered owner TRITON SUCCESS SA Care of Tsakos Shipping & Trading SA, Megaron 'Macedonia', 367, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Palaio Faliro, 175 64 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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