Russian Baltic Sea Ports Petroleum Products Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of April 2025 Violations
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews
and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studie
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 April 2025 (see Table 1).
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In April 2025, 5 violations (288.215 tons) of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) to the transshipment points and EU/US ports from the Baltic Sea were recorded.
The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in the following countries: Greece (2), Turkey (1), UAE (1) and Croatia (1).
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 April 2025 in violation of the EU embargo (database)
Data on shipowners and operators — from www.equasis.org
|
Name |
IMO |
DWT |
Flag |
Year built |
Port of departure |
Actual Time of Departure |
Port of destination |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
Registered owner
|
|
VELEBIT Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9455741 |
52554 |
Croatia |
2011 |
RU LED |
2025-04-05 00:52 |
US CRP |
2025-04-28 14:56 |
Registered owner FONTANA SHIPPING CO LTD C/O: Tankerska Plovidba dd ulica Bozidara Petranovica 4, HR-23000, Zadar, Croatia. |
|
IRINI Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9934890 |
49990 |
Greece |
2022 |
RU LED |
2025-04-12 22:55 |
US ILM |
2025-05-04 02:23 |
Registered owner AURA CHARTERING CO C/O: Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Ltd (EASTMED) 69, Grigoriou Lampraki Street, Glyfada, 166 75, Athens, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME 69, Grigoriou Lampraki Street, Glyfada, 166 75, Athens, Greece. |
|
FRIEND Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9299159 |
65065 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
2006 |
RU PRI |
2025-04-14 12:12 |
STS south of the port CY LMS Cyprus
|
2025-04-29 02:21
|
Registered owner BLUEHARBOR VENTURES LTD Nazan Sokak 2-6, Evliya Celebi Mah, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey. |
|
VELOS AMBER Oil Products Tanker |
9571038 |
74902 |
Marshall Islands |
2010 |
RU PRI
|
2025-04-20 10:30
|
STS LAKONIKOS GULF [GR] |
2025-05-05 17:25
|
Registered owner MOVENA SHIPPING INC C/O: Velos Tankers Ltd 2, Ioannou Gennadiou Street, 115 21, Athens, Greece. |
|
DARNIA Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9336464 |
45704 |
Panama |
2017 |
RU LED |
2025-04-20 13:22 |
US ORF |
2025-05-09 12:16 |
Registered owner FIRST WINDMILL LTD C/O: Peninsula Energy FZE 4th Floor, Office No 420, One UAQ Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm al Quwain, United Arab Emirates. |
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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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