Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in December 2023 (database)
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 December 2023 (see Table 1).
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In December 2023, 6 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.
Four of them involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece.
Another two violations were the shipments of crude oil from Novorossiysk directly to the ports of GDANSK, Poland and SANTA PANAGIA, Spain.
Three voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Greece. Two shipowners were from Marshall Islands and one was from Hong Kong, China.
In December 2023, a total of 784,566 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo, compared with 683,186 tons in November 2023.
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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 December 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 |
| Tankers that transported Russian crude oil from Russia’s ports on the Black Sea directly to the ports of EU and G7 countries in violation of the embargo in December 2023 | |||||||||
|
08/12 |
SEACALM |
9773753 |
112119 |
Marshall Is |
RU NVS |
ATD: |
PL GDN |
ATA: 2023-12-22 03:44 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece. Registered owner FISHER MARITIME CO Care of Thenamaris (Ships Management) Inc , 16, Athinas Avenue & Vorreou Street, Vouliagmeni, 166 71 Athens, Greece. |
|
27/12 |
BANDA |
9337406 |
105576 |
Liberia |
RU NVS |
No data |
IT SPA |
ATA: 2024-01-01 08:41 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager CHEMNAV SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD National Road Athens, 6, Roupel Street, Athens-Lamia Road, Km 17, Kifisia, 145 64 Athens, Greece. Registered owner CRUDE PETROLEUM VENTURES SA Care of Chemnav Shipmanagement Ltd , National Road Athens, 6, Roupel Street, Athens-Lamia Road, Km 17, Kifisia, 145 64 Athens, Greece |
| Tankers that transported Russian crude oil from Russia’s ports on the Black Sea to EU countries through transshipment in violation of the embargo in December 2023 | |||||||||
|
05/12 |
ATTICA |
9436941 |
105309 |
Gabon |
RU TAM |
ATD: 2023-11-22 13:44 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-12-06 17:54 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager ZEUS SHIPPING & MARINE INC Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands. Registered owner ZEUS SHIPPING & MARINE INC Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands |
|
26/12 |
BLUE LAGOON I |
9248447 |
148553 |
Panama |
RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH |
No data |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-12-27 19:46 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager SEA TRADE MARINE SA 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece. Registered owner BLUE LAGOON COMMERCIAL ENT Care of Sea Trade Marine SA , 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece. |
|
27/12 |
PAGOS |
9296406 |
146270 |
Gabon |
RU NVS |
ATD: 2023-12-12 17:35 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-12-28 18:43 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager PAGOS SHIPPING & MARINE INC Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands. Registered owner PAGOS SHIPPING & MARINE INC Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands. |
|
30/12 |
RITI |
9249075 |
166739 |
Panama |
RU TAM |
ATD: 2023-12-17 |
GR LAKONIKOS GULF |
ATA: 2023-12-31 17:21 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager BETTER PROGRESS SHIPPING LTD Unit 1507C, 15th Floor, Eastcore, 398, Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Registered owner EAGLE MARINE LTD-MAI Care of Better Progress Shipping Ltd , Unit 1507C, 15th Floor, Eastcore, 398, Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. |
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