Russian Baltic Sea Ports Petroleum Products Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of January 2026 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 EU and G7 embargo on the seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products into EU countries and the US (the embargo) from the ports on the Baltic Sea in January 2026 (see Table 1).
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In January 2026, 11 violations (486 483 tons) of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) to the transshipment points, US and EU ports from the Baltic Sea were recorded.
Five voyages were carried out directly to EU countries, one voyage was performed to the United States. Another five voyages were carried out to offshore transshipment points near the EU countries.
The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in Greece, UAE, Singapore and China.
Note: Where we are talking about tankers with oil products (not crude oil tankers), they may theoretically contain goods that are not prohibited, such as vegetable oil or chemical fertilisers, rather than oil products. In the Russian Federation, port websites have been closed since 24.02.2022, and access to customs databases has also been closed. Therefore, we believe that these are petroleum products, as the volume of exports of vegetable oil and chemical fertilisers is ten times less than diesel or petrol. But sometimes mistakes happen - we become aware of them when shipowners see themselves on our website and send documents about the cargo. Then we remove them from our ‘black lists’ .
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Table 1. Tankers Transporting Petroleum Products from the Russian Baltic Sea Ports in January 2026 in violation of the EU embargo (database)
Data on shipowners and operators from www.equasis.org
|
Name |
IMO |
DWT |
Flag |
Year built |
Port of |
Actual date |
Port of |
Estimated date |
Shipowner |
|
OSAKA |
9272929 |
46992 |
PA |
2004 |
RU LED |
01/01/2026 |
STS CEU |
12/01/2026 |
Registered owner: AMALGAM SEAS NAVIGATOR SA, GR |
|
ARRHENIUS |
9471032 |
26645 |
LR |
2010 |
RU ULU |
03/01/2026 |
BE ANR |
09/01/2026 |
Registered owner: LARCH SHIPHOLDING SA, AE |
|
HAPPY LADY |
9644225 |
51390 |
GR |
2013 |
RU PRI |
08/01/2026 |
STS CEU |
21/01/2026 |
Registered owner: ADRIATIC VENTURES CO, GR |
|
PALERMO |
9414292 |
53540 |
MH |
2010 |
RU PRI |
12/01/2026 |
STS CEU |
22/01/2026 |
Registered owner: CLEAN PETROLEUM VENTURES SA, SG |
|
BERTOLLE |
9177545 |
23495 |
LR |
2000 |
RU ULU |
12/01/2026 |
BE ANR |
18/01/2026 |
Registered owner: PINE SHIPHOLDING SA, AE |
|
AQUARIUS |
9354272 |
51268 |
LR |
2007 |
RU LED |
14/01/2026 |
US ILM |
12/02/2026 |
Registered owner: NASSAU ENERGY INC, GR |
|
CAPTAIN NIKOS |
9828144 |
49999 |
MH |
2018 |
RU PRI |
17/01/2026 |
GR PIR |
04/02/2026 |
Registered owner: CALISTO MARITIME LTD, GR |
|
SEA GULL |
9325855 |
33849 |
LR |
2006 |
RU STY |
21/01/2026 |
NL BOT |
25/01/2026 |
Registered owner: HONGKONG HUAFA SHIPPING LTD, CN |
|
ANGIE |
9538141 |
52420 |
LR |
2012 |
RU LED |
24/01/2026 |
STS CEU |
04/02/2026 |
Registered owner: ANGIE NAVIGATION CO, GR |
|
CAPRI |
9528392 |
50895 |
LR |
2011 |
RU ULU |
25/01/2026 |
STS CEU |
06/02/2026 |
Registered owner: CAPRI SHIPPING INVESTMENTS SA, GR |
|
MINERVA JOY |
9363479 |
45990 |
MT |
2008 |
RU PRI |
26/01/2026 |
GR PIR |
11/02/2026 |
Registered owner: ATHENA NAVIGATION CO, GR |
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