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

14:00 31.08.2023
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 August 2023 (see Table 1).

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In August 2023, 3 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.

1 such voyage were made by tanker belonging to company from Greece, 1 – by a shipowner from Indonesia and 1 from UAE.

A total of 377,766 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf in violation of the embargo, compared with 222,316 tons in July 2023 and 1,134,445 tons in June 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 August 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

04/08

LIPARI
Crude Oil Tanker

9529487

158237

Liberia

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-08-01 02:32

HR OMI
OMISALJ

ATA: 2023-08-07 16:27

Registered owner ALCESTE OWNING CO LTD Care of TMS Tankers Ltd, 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24 Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager TMS TANKERS LTD 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24 Athens, Greece

08/08

SEMBRANI
Crude Oil Tanker

9306639

109672

Marshall Is

RU NVS
 

ATD: 2023-07-31 05:42

GR LAKONIKOS GULF

ATA: 2023-08-10 03:32

Ship manager/Commercial manager GEMILANG BINA LINTAS TIRTA PT Block C6, Danatama Square II, Jalan Mega Kuningan 12A, Kel Kuningan Timur, Jakarta, 12950, Indonesia.
Registered owner CIMC SCORPIO LTD Care of PT Gemilang Bina Lintas Tirta, Block C6, Danatama Square II, Jalan Mega Kuningan 12A, Kel Kuningan Timur, Jakarta, 12950, Indonesia

26/08

GUANYIN
Crude Oil Tanker

9299707

109857

Liberia

RU KAVKAZ SOUTH ANCH

ATD: 2023-08-21 20:38

GR LAKONIKOS GULF
 

ATA: 2023-08-28 00:44

Ship manager/Commercial manager TEODOR SHIPPING LLC Office 1505, Exchange Tower, Business Bay, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Registered owner DEV LINES INC Care of Teodor Shipping LLC, Office 1505, Exchange Tower, Business Bay, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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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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