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

11:05 18.09.2025
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 EU and G7 embargo on the seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products into EU countries (the embargo) from the ports on the Baltic Sea in August 2025 (see Table 1).

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In August 2025, 6 violations (276.838 tons) of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) to the transshipment points and EU ports from the Baltic Sea were recorded.

The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in Greece and UAE.

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 August 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

 

ARRHENIUS 

LPG Tanker 

9471032 

26645 

Liberia 

2010 

RU ULU 

2025-08-02 08:43

BE ANR 

2025-08-08 02:36

Registered owner LARCH SHIPHOLDING SA W3-SO14, Shed 23, Al Hulaila Industrial Zone, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Ship manager/Commercial manager MAPLE MARINER HOLDING FZ-LLC W3-SO14, Shed 23, Al Hulaila Industrial Zone, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.  

RES COGITANS 

Oil Products Tanker 

9283679 

74999 

Marshall Islands  

2004 

RU PRI 

2025-08-04 17:48

STS south of CY LMS outside
the territorial
sea CY 

2025-08-21 07:37 

Registered owner PST ENERGY 7 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.  

BERTOLLE 

LPG Tanker 

9177545 

23495 

Liberia  

2000 

RU ULU 

2025-08-12 14:51 

BE ANR 

2025-08-19 00:08 

Registered owner PINE SHIPHOLDING SA C/O: Manyara Shipping DMCC Unit 1526, DMCC Business Centre, Level 1, Jewellery & Gemplex 3, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Ship manager/Commercial manager MANYARA SHIPPING DMCC Unit 1526, DMCC Business Centre, Level 1, Jewellery & Gemplex 3, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  

SKYLIGHT 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9396737 

50927 

Marshall Islands 

2008 

RU PRI 

2025-08-19 14:34 

STS south of CY LMS
outside the
territorial sea CY  

 

2025-09-06 15:23 

 

Registered owner SKYLIGHT SHIPPING & TRADING CO C/O: Naftomar Tankers Ltd 243C, Karamanli Avenue, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece. Ship manager/Commercial manager NAFTOMAR TANKERS LTD 243C, Karamanli Avenue, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece.  

LOULOULIGHT II 

Chemical/Oil Products Tanker 

9512484 

74127 

Marshall Islands  

2012 

RU PRI 

2025-08-28 11:50

STS south of CY LMS
outside the
territorial sea CY  

2025-09-16 02:46 

Registered owner LOULOUWORLD SHIPPING & TRADING Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands.
Ship manager/Commercial manager LOULOUWORLD SHIPPING & TRADING Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands.
ISM Manager NAFTOMAR TANKERS LTD 243C, Karamanli Avenue, Voula, 166 73, Athens, Greece. 

ARRHENIUS 

LPG Tanker 

9471032 

26645 

Liberia 

2010 

RU ULU 

2025-08-28 21:10

BE ANR 

2025-09-02 20:55

Registered owner LARCH SHIPHOLDING SA W3-SO14, Shed 23, Al Hulaila Industrial Zone, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Ship manager/Commercial manager MAPLE MARINER HOLDING FZ-LLC W3-SO14, Shed 23, Al Hulaila Industrial Zone, Ras al Khaimah, 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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