Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of May 2025 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 May 2025 (see Table 1).
* * *
In May 2025, 9 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.
5 of them were involved the delivery of crude oil to the ports of the EU countries. Four voyages were involved the delivery of crude oil to the transshipment points.
Shipowners from Greece (6), Turkey (1), Azerbaijan (1) and Marshall Islands (1).
In May 2025, a total of 966.477 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo.
* * *
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 May 2025
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 |
Year built |
Port of departure |
Actual Time of Departure |
Port of destination |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
Shipowner |
|
The direct voyages of tankers with Russian crude oil to EU ports in violation of the embargo |
||||||||||
|
03/05 |
KAREKARE |
9787986 |
159638 |
Malta |
2017 |
RU NVS |
2025-04-30 08:23 |
IT CAG CAGLIARI Port |
2025-05-07 10:46 |
Registered owner XIANG CH13 HK INTERNATIONAL C/O: TMS Tankers Ltd 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece. |
|
06/05 |
GREEN ANAX Crude oil tanker |
9927213 |
114405 |
Liberia |
2023 |
RU NVS |
2025-05-04 21:17 |
RO MID ANCH in territorial sea |
2025-05-06 12:26 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager AEGEAN SHIPPING MANAGEMENT SA 10, Akti Kondyli, 185 45, Piraeus, Greece. |
|
09/05 |
SAFEEN BARONESS |
9460576 |
105335 |
Marshall Is |
2011 |
RU NVS |
2025-05-08 05:43 |
RO MID ANCH in territorial sea |
2025-05-10 13:05 |
Registered owner SAFEEN TANKERS 21 LTD C/O: NGM Energy SA 2nd Floor, 47-49, Boumpoulinas Street, 185 35, Piraeus, Greece. |
|
21/05 |
VADELA |
9996408 |
159221 |
Marshall Is |
2024 |
RU NVS |
2025-05-18 14:18 |
HR OMI |
2025-05-31 20:23 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager TMS TANKERS LTD 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece. |
|
25/05 |
GREEN ANAX |
9927213 |
114405 |
Liberia |
2023 |
RU NVS |
2025-05-23 20:10 |
RO MID ANCH in territorial sea |
2025-05-25 07:14 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager AEGEAN SHIPPING MANAGEMENT SA 10, Akti Kondyli, 185 45, Piraeus, Greece. |
|
STS |
||||||||||
|
07/05 |
GRINCH EU Sanctions List 25.02.2025 |
9288851 |
115635 |
Comoros |
2004 |
STS RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH |
2025-05-02 |
STS GR MJT OPL LESVOS |
2025-05-10 02:32 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager CUBE VENTURES SHIPPING SA Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands. |
|
10/05 |
NEON UK Sanctions List 09.05.2025 EU Sanctions List 21.05.2025
|
9183295 |
103967 |
Sierra Leone |
1999 |
RU TAM |
2025-05-06 |
STS south of the port CY LMS Cyprus |
2025-05-14 13:43 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager VOYAGE GUARD SHIPMANAGEMENT Apartment 21, House 1A, Rahman Gahramanov AZ 5000, Sumqayit Azerbaijan. |
|
12/05 |
REVOLINER |
9282558 |
46847 |
Panama |
2005 |
RU NVS |
2025-05-07 05:01 |
STS south of the port CY LMS Cyprus
|
2025-05-15 16:09 |
ISM Manager CLEAN ROAD SHIPPING CO Blok A5, Ritim Istanbul, Zuhal Caddesi 46E/179, Cevizli Mah, Maltepe, 34846, Istanbul, Turkey. |
|
18/05 |
DUKE II |
9254240 |
47024 |
Panama |
2003 |
RU TUA |
2025-05-16 |
STS south of the port CY LMS Cyprus |
2025-05-21 03:39 |
Ship manager/Commercial manager SR NAVIGATION SA 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece. |
* * *
More on the topic
- 12.10.2026 Russia’s Seaborne Crude Oil Exports Decline for Third Consecutive Month as Ukrainian Strikes Disrupt Oil Infrastructure and Black Sea Shipping
- 08.09.2026 Maritime Oil Exports from Russian Ports, Excluding Kazakh Oil, in August 2026
- 03.07.2026 Maritime Exports of Russian Petroleum Products Through its Black Sea Ports: May 2026 Database
- 02.07.2026 Maritime Exports of Russian Petroleum Products Through its Baltic Sea Ports: May 2026 Database
- 01.07.2026 Maritime Export of Russian Crude Oil from Baltic Sea Ports in May 2026
- 01.07.2026 Maritime Export of Russian Crude Oil from Black Sea Ports in May 2026
- 04.06.2026 The Real State of Russian Maritime Oil Exports from Russian Ports in 2025, Part II: The Black Sea
- 03.06.2026 Maritime Exports of Russian Petroleum Products Through its Baltic Sea Ports: April 2026 Database
- 03.06.2026 Maritime Exports of Russian Petroleum Products Through its Black Sea Ports: April 2026 Database
- 02.06.2026 Maritime Export of Russian Crude Oil from Black Sea Ports in April 2026
- 01.06.2026 Maritime Export of Russian Crude Oil from Baltic Sea Ports in April 2026
- 10.05.2026 Maritime Exports of Russian Petroleum Products Through its Black Sea Ports: March 2026 Database