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

15:00 06.11.2025
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 October 2025 (see Table 1).

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In October 2025, 5 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

Three 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 (2), Germany (2) and Turkey (1).

In October 2025, a total of 485.506 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 October 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 date
of departure

Port of
arrival

Estimated date
of arrival

Shipowner

MARAN HELIOS
Crude oil tanker

9761358

156458

Greece

2017

RU NVS

01/10/2025

HR OMI

20/10/2025

Registered owner: CELSIE SEAWAYS SA, Greece
Ship manager: MARAN TANKERS MANAGEMENT INC, Greece
ISM manager: MARAN TANKERS MANAGEMENT INC, Greece

ALTAI
Crude oil tanker

9446427

115952

Marshall
Islands

2011

RU NVS

07/10/2025

RO MID

09/10/2025

Registered owner: ALTAI SHIPPING LTD, Germany
Ship manager: COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU, Germany
ISM manager: COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU, Germany

REVOLINER
Crude oil tanker

9282558

46847

Panama

2005

RU NVS

24/10/2025

STS CY
LMS ANCH

01/11/2025

Registered owner: SYNERGY SHIPPING LTD, Marshall Is
Ship manager: SYNERGY SHIPPING LTD, Marshall Is
ISM manager: CLEAN ROAD SHIPPING CO, Turkey

ALATAU
Crude oil tanker

9416551

115896

Marshall
Islands

2009

RU NVS

24/10/2025

RO MID

26/10/2025

Registered owner: ALATAU SHIPPING LTD, Germany
Ship manager: COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU, Germany
ISM manager: COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU, Germany

OCEAN WAVE I
Crude oil tanker

9356763

50353

Panama

2008

RU TUA

25/10/2025

STS CY
LMS ANCH

01/11/2025

Registered owner: LIGHTHOUSE MARITIME INVESTMENT, Greece
Ship manager: SEA TRADE MARINE SA, Greece
ISM manager: SEA TRADE MARINE SA, 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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