Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of November 2024 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 November 2024 (see Table 1).
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In November 2024, 6 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.
Two were involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment points in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece and Morocco.
Four direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries.
Shipowners from Greece (2), Germany (2) and China (2) performed these voyages.
In November 2024, a total of 760.424 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 November 2024
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
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# |
Name |
IMO |
DWT |
Flag |
Year built |
Port of departure |
Actual Time of Departure |
Port of destination |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
Shipowner |
|
02/11 |
MEROPE Crude oil tanker Paris MOU Grey
|
9281891 |
107198 |
Panama |
2003 |
RU TAM |
2024-10-25 18:51 |
STS LAKONIKOS GULF [GR]
|
2024-11-05 14:05 |
Registered owner LEPUS SAI LTD C/O: Shanghai Future Ship Management Co Ltd Room D11, 3rd Floor, Building 65, 248, Donglan Lu, Minhang Qu, Shanghai, 201102, China. |
|
02/11 |
CANKIRI Crude oil tanker Paris MOU Grey North of England P&I Association |
9411331 |
158033 |
Panama |
2009 |
RU NVS |
2024-10-27 15:24 |
STS MOROCCO OPL MED 35°36'54" N 4°24'52" W |
2024-11-08 06:21 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager PROMINENT SHIPMANAGEMENT LTD Unit 615, 6th Floor, LT Tower, 31, Chong Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. |
|
04/11 |
MINERVA MARINA Crude oil tanker Paris MOU White North of England P&I Association Inception at 09/06/2022 |
9411939 |
157954 |
Malta |
2009 |
RU NVS |
2024-10-30 09:59 |
HR OMI |
2024-11-08 00:26 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager MINERVA MARINE INC 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece. |
|
09/11 |
ALTAI Crude oil tanker |
9446427 |
115952 |
Marshall Is |
2011 |
RU NVS |
2024-11-08 01:40 |
RO MID ANCH in territorial sea |
2024-11-09 12:02 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU Grosse Elbstrasse 275, 22767, Hamburg, Germany. |
|
16/11 |
ALTAI Crude Oil Tanker
|
9446427 |
115952 |
Marshall Is |
2011 |
RU NVS |
2024-11-14 23:57 |
RO MID ANCH in territorial sea |
2024-11-17 08:23 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU Grosse Elbstrasse 275, 22767, Hamburg, Germany. |
|
22/11 |
SAFEEN BARONESS Crude oil tanker |
9460576 |
105335 |
Marshall Is |
2011 |
RU NVS |
2024-11-20 13:08 |
RO MID ANCH in territorial sea |
2024-11-22 13:24 |
Registered owner SAFEEN TANKERS 21 LTD C/O: NGM Energy SA 2nd Floor, 47-49, Boumpoulinas Street, 185 35, Piraeus, Greece. |
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