Russian Black Sea Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of October 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 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 |
Actual date |
Port of |
Estimated date |
Shipowner |
|
MARAN HELIOS |
9761358 |
156458 |
Greece |
2017 |
RU NVS |
01/10/2025 |
HR OMI |
20/10/2025 |
Registered owner: CELSIE SEAWAYS SA, Greece |
|
ALTAI |
9446427 |
115952 |
Marshall |
2011 |
RU NVS |
07/10/2025 |
RO MID |
09/10/2025 |
Registered owner: ALTAI SHIPPING LTD, Germany |
|
REVOLINER |
9282558 |
46847 |
Panama |
2005 |
RU NVS |
24/10/2025 |
STS CY |
01/11/2025 |
Registered owner: SYNERGY SHIPPING LTD, Marshall Is |
|
ALATAU |
9416551 |
115896 |
Marshall |
2009 |
RU NVS |
24/10/2025 |
RO MID |
26/10/2025 |
Registered owner: ALATAU SHIPPING LTD, Germany |
|
OCEAN WAVE I |
9356763 |
50353 |
Panama |
2008 |
RU TUA |
25/10/2025 |
STS CY |
01/11/2025 |
Registered owner: LIGHTHOUSE MARITIME INVESTMENT, 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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