Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of March 2025 Violations

09:10 16.04.2025
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 March 2025 (see Table 1).

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In March 2025, 5 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

All of them were involved the delivery of crude oil to the ports of the EU countries.

Shipowners from Greece (4) and Germany (1).

In March 2025, a total of 654.916 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 March 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

06/03 

STAMOS
Crude oil tanker 

9592276 

115666 

Malta 

2012 

RU NVS 

2025-03-03 18:39  

RO MID ANCH in territorial sea  

2025-03-06 13:08  

Ship manager/Commercial manager TMS TANKERS LTD 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece.
Registered owner FAROS OWNERS INC C/O: TMS Tankers Ltd 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece. 

07/03 

BORDEIRA
Crude oil tanker 

9529499 

158513 

Malta 

2013 

RU NVS 

2025-03-01 00:56  

IT FAL ANCH 

2025-03-11 00:18 

Registered owner XIANG H45 INTERNATIONAL SHIP C/O: 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. 

11/03 

SAFEEN BARONESS
Crude oil tanker 

9460576 

105335 

Marshall Is 

2011 

RU NVS 

2025-03-10 06:27  

RO MID ANCH in territorial sea  

2025-03-14 08:30  

Registered owner SAFEEN TANKERS 21 LTD C/O: NGM Energy SA 2nd Floor, 47-49, Boumpoulinas Street, 185 35, Piraeus, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager NGM ENERGY SA 2nd Floor, 47-49, Boumpoulinas Street, 185 35, Piraeus, Greece. 

21/03 

ALTAI
Crude oil tanker 

9446427 

115952 

Marshall Is 

2011 

RU NVS 

2025-03-20 09:48  

RO MID ANCH in territorial sea  

2025-03-22 08:06  

Ship manager/Commercial manager COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU Grosse Elbstrasse 275, 22767, Hamburg, Germany.
Registered owner ALTAI SHIPPING LTD C/O: Columbia Shipmanagement (Deutschland) GmbH Grosse Elbstrasse 275, 22767, Hamburg, Germany. 

21/03 

MINERVA SYMPHONY
Crude oil tanker 

9304605 

159450 

Liberia 

2006 

RU NVS 

2025-03-19 10:26  

RO CND PORT 

2025-03-21 00:21  

Registered owner SYMPHONY SHIPOWNING SA C/O: Minerva Marine Inc 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager MINERVA MARINE INC 141-143, Vouliagmenis Avenue & 1 Aiolou Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece. 

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This publication has been produced with the support of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). Its contents do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of EED. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in this publication lies entirely with the authors.

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