Russian Baltic Sea Ports Petroleum Products Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of May 2025 Violations

14:00 10.06.2025
Russia

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 May 2025 (see Table 1).

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In May 2025, 9 violations (396.600 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 Greece.

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 May 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

 

AQUARIUS 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9354272 

51268 

Liberia  

2007 

RU LED 

2025-05-07 23:36  

US MSY 

2025-05-30 09:46  

Registered owner NASSAU ENERGY INC C/O: Kondinave SA 81, Akti Miaouli, 185 38, Piraeus, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager KONDINAVE SA 81, Akti Miaouli, 185 38, Piraeus, Greece. 

AQUADISIAC 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9396713 

50695 

Liberia  

2008 

RU PRI 

2025-05-09 21:04  

STS south of the port CY LMS Cyprus 

2025-05-28 08:53 

Registered owner AQUATIC SUCCESS INTERNATIONAL C/O: Stealth Maritime Corp SA 331, Kifisias Avenue, Kifisia, 145 61, Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager STEALTH MARITIME CORP SA 331, Kifisias Avenue, Kifisia, 145 61, Athens, Greece. 

PHOENIX II 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9349203 

47786 

Panama 

2007 

RU LED 

2025-05-11 14:29  

STS MALTA OPL ANCH 

2025-05-24 18:25

Registered owner INFINITY OCEAN VENTURES SA C/O: SR Navigation SA 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager SR NAVIGATION SA 40, Nafsikas Street, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece. 

ARKOS 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9286827 

13700 

Portugal (MAR) 

2004 

RU VYS  

2025-05-11 15:55  

BE GNE 

2025-05-17 20:18 

Registered owner PLUTONAS MARINE SA C/O: MGJ Carriers Maritime SA 3, Achaias Street & Troizinias Street, Kifisia, 145 64, Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager MGJ CARRIERS MARITIME SA 3, Achaias Street & Troizinias Street, Kifisia, 145 64, Athens, Greece. 

SEA LA DONNA 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9380532 

47128 

Liberia 

2009 

RU LED 

2025-05-13 00:32  

NL VLI 

2025-05-18 21:41 

Registered owner BRANWEN SERVICES INC C/O: Petrochem General Management SA (PGM) 201, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Nea Smyrni, 171 21, Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager PETROCHEM GENERAL MANAGEMENT 201, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Nea Smyrni, 171 21, Athens, Greece.  

ATHINA M 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9644237 

51409 

Greece 

2013 

RU ULU 

2025-05-27 18:04  

STS MALTA OPL ANCH 

2025-06-09 20:04

Registered owner SOCIETY MARITIME 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.  

ETERNAL since 01/05/2025 

Oil Products Tanker 

9273351 

45915 

Liberia since 01/05/2025 

2004 

RU LED 

2025-05-30 14:42  

STS MALTA OPL ANCH 

 

 

 

2025-06-12 

Ship manager/Commercial manager SERA SHIPPING CO 10, Akti Kondyli, 185 45, Piraeus, Greece. Registered owner CASTLETON SHIPPING INC C/O: Sera Shipping Co 10, Akti Kondyli, 185 45, Piraeus, Greece.

OKYROE 

Oil Products Tanker 

9273088 

74999 

Marshall Islands 

2004 

RU PRI 

2025-05-31 00:38  

STS south of the port CY LMS Cyprus 

2025-06-15 14:01 

Registered owner PST ENERGY 8 SHIPPING LLC C/O: Product Shipping & Trading SA Aethrion Center, 40, Agiou Konstantinou Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager PRODUCT SHIPPING & TRADING SA Aethrion Center, 40, Agiou Konstantinou Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece.  

ARKOS 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9286827 

13700 

Portugal (MAR) 

 

2004 

RU LED 

2025-05-31 23:02  

FR BOD 

2025-06-09 06:04

Registered owner PLUTONAS MARINE SA C/O: MGJ Carriers Maritime SA 3, Achaias Street & Troizinias Street, Kifisia, 145 64, Athens, Greece.
Ship manager/Commercial manager MGJ CARRIERS MARITIME SA 3, Achaias Street & Troizinias Street, Kifisia, 145 64, 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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