Russian Baltic Sea Ports Petroleum Products Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of June 2025 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 June 2025 (see Table 1).
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In June 2025, 9 violations (383.952 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 (3), Singapore (2), Turkey (1), UAE (1), China (1) and Panama (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 June 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
|
|
THERESA EMPAT Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9931173 |
49449 |
Hong Kong, China |
2023 |
RU LED |
2025-06-01 23:27 |
US PDX
|
2025-07-09 |
Registered owner EMMA SHIPPING CO PTE LTD C/O: Wilmar Ship Holdings Pte Ltd Wilmar International, 28, Biopolis Road, Singapore 138568. Ship manager/Commercial manager WILMAR SHIP HOLDINGS PTE LTD Wilmar International, 28, Biopolis Road, Singapore 138568 |
|
MINERVA JULIE Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9380831 |
50922 |
Greece |
2008 |
RU ULU |
2025-06-03 21:15 |
STS MALTA OPL ANCH |
2025-06-17 08:48 |
Registered owner ALEXANDRA MARITIME 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. |
|
MANDALA Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9299135 |
65125 |
Liberia |
2006 |
RU ULU |
2025-06-09 03:26 |
MALTA OPL ANCH |
2025-06-26 08:26 |
Registered owner MINSHENG QIHANG TIANJIN SHPG C/O: Karika Marine Inc Mazaya Plaza, Zuhal Caddesi 46, Cevizli Mah, Maltepe, 34846, Istanbul, Turkey. Ship manager/Commercial manager KARIKA MARINE INC Mazaya Plaza, Zuhal Caddesi 46, Cevizli Mah, Maltepe, 34846, Istanbul, Turkey. |
|
GULF PETROLEUM 4 Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9439345 |
13006 |
Liberia |
2009 |
RU STY |
2025-06-16 01:31 |
NL WAL |
2025-06-22 21:05 |
Registered owner AA MARINE INC C/O: Gulf Shipping Services FZC Gate 4, Land C1-3A, Ajman Port, Ajman Free Zone, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. Ship manager/Commercial manager GULF SHIPPING SERVICES FZC Gate 4, Land C1-3A, Ajman Port, Ajman Free Zone, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. |
|
VELOS TOPAZ Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9360441 |
39808 |
Greece |
2007 |
RU ULU |
2025-06-16 |
STS south of the port CY LMS Cyprus |
2025-07-04 19:30 |
Registered owner TOPAZ MARITIME LTD C/O: Velos Tankers Ltd 2, Ioannou Gennadiou Street, 115 21, Athens, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager VELOS TANKERS LTD 2, Ioannou Gennadiou Street, 115 21, Athens, Greece. |
|
SEA GULL Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9325855 |
33849 |
Liberia |
2006 |
RU LED |
2025-06-21 11:45 |
US ILM |
2025-07-13 16:24 |
Registered owner HONGKONG HUAFA SHIPPING LTD Room 1107, Central Enterprise Centre, 2993, Gonghexin Lu, Jingan Qu, Shanghai, 200072, China. Ship manager/Commercial manager HONGKONG HUAFA SHIPPING LTD Room 1107, Central Enterprise Centre, 2993, Gonghexin Lu, Jingan Qu, Shanghai, 200072, China. |
|
CHEM GUARD Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9261762 |
34552 |
Singapore |
2002 |
RU LED |
2025-06-25 00:02 |
US MSY |
2025-07-21 04:30 |
Registered owner CIMC VIRGO LTD C/O: Thome Ship Management Pte Ltd 17-01, One Marina Boulevard, 1, Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018989. Ship manager/Commercial manager THOME SHIP MANAGEMENT PTE LTD 17-01, One Marina Boulevard, 1, Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018989 |
|
NIBLO Chemical/Oil Products Tanker EU Sanctions List |
9332028 |
47128 |
Panama |
2007 |
RU ULU |
2025-06-25 11:05 |
EE TLL STS GULF OF FINLAND |
2025-06-25 18:59 Before 2025-07-08
|
Registered owner NIBLO MARITIME INC C/O: Sirius Tanker Management Inc 20th Floor, Office E, Global Plaza Building, Calle 50, Panama City, Panama. Ship manager/Commercial manager SIRIUS TANKER MANAGEMENT INC 20th Floor, Office E, Global Plaza Building, Calle 50, Panama City, Panama. |
|
ANIKITOS Chemical/Oil Products Tanker |
9953444 |
50113 |
Marshall Islands |
2023 |
RU PRI |
2025-06-29 14:56 |
STS south of the port CY LMS Cyprus
|
2025-07-16 05:58 |
Registered owner MEGISTOS PRODUCT CARRIERS SA C/O: Capital Maritime & Trading Corp 3, Iasonos Street, 185 37, Piraeus, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager CAPITAL MARITIME & TRADING 3, Iasonos Street, 185 37, Piraeus, Greece. |
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