Russian Black Sea Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of August 2025 Violations

13:40 10.09.2025
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 August 2025 (see Table 1).

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In August 2025, 6 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

Four of them were involved the delivery of crude oil to the ports of the EU countries. Two voyages were made to the transshipment points near the EU ports.

Shipowners from Greece (4), Croatia (1) and Turkey (1).

In August 2025, a total of 626.138 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 August 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

05/08 

TOSKA
Crude oil tanker 

9996434 

158446 

Marshall Is 

2024 

RU NVS 

2025-08-01 04:00

 

RO CND in port 

2025-08-03 02:43 

Ship manager/Commercial manager TMS TANKERS LTD 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece.
Registered owner XIANG T112 HK INTERNATIONAL C/O: TMS Tankers Ltd 109, Kifisias Avenue & Sina Street, Marousi, 151 24, Athens, Greece. 

15/08 

PROMETHEUS ENERGY
Crude oil tanker 

9801988 

114459 

Marshall Is 

2019 

RU NVS 

2025-08-12 14:58

 

RO MID ANCH in territorial sea  

2025-08-14 08:51

 

Ship manager/Commercial manager AXION ENERGY CORP-MAI Building K2, Ethnarchou Makariou, 1, Poseidonos Avenue & 3, Moraitini Street, Palaio Faliro, 175 61, Athens, Greece.
Registered owner VOV SHIPPING LTD C/O: Axion Energy Corp Building K2, Ethnarchou Makariou, 1, Poseidonos Avenue & 3, Moraitini Street, Palaio Faliro, 175 61, Athens, Greece. 

17/08 

TAMARA
Crude oil tanker 

9600889 

157016 

Liberia 

2015 

RU NVS 

2025-08-15 14:23

 

RO CND Port 

2025-08-20 08:50 

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

19/08 

OASIS II
Crude oil tanker 

9167150 

34985 

Panama 

2000 

RU KZP 

2025-08-XX 

STS to the East of Kythira island GR outside the territorial sea 

2025-08-20  

Registered owner EAGLE SKY NAVIGATION ENT 21st Floor, Global Plaza, Calle 50, Panama City, Panama.
Ship manager/Commercial manager ADRIATIC TANKERS SHIPPING CO 131, Karamanli Avenue, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece 

22/08 

RAVA
Crude oil tanker 

9796743 

114385 

Croatia 

2017 

RU NVS 

2025-08-20 19:04

 

RO MID ANCH in territorial sea  

2025-08-26 05:30 

 

Ship manager/Commercial manager TANKERSKA PLOVIDBA DD ulica Bozidara Petranovica 4, HR-23000, Zadar, Croatia
Registered owner RAVA SHIPPING LLC C/O: Tankerska Plovidba dd ulica Bozidara Petranovica 4, HR-23000, Zadar, Croatia. 

25/08 

REVOLINER
Crude oil tanker 

9282558 

46847 

Panama 

2005 

RU TUA 

2025-08-21 20:26

 

STS south of CY LMS outside the territorial sea CY  

2025-08-27 17:45 

 

Ship manager/Commercial manager SYNERGY SHIPPING LTD Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands.
Registered owner SYNERGY SHIPPING LTD Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands.
ISM Manager CLEAN ROAD SHIPPING CO Blok A5, Ritim Istanbul, Zuhal Caddesi 46E/179, Cevizli Mah, Maltepe, 34846, Istanbul, Turkey.

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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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