Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo Through the Russian Baltic Sea Ports: Database of November 2025 Violations

14:00 18.12.2025
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 November 2025 through the Russian ports on the Baltic Sea (see Table 1).

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In November 2025, 2 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Baltic Sea were recorded.

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

232.650 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered in violation of the embargo through the Russian Baltic Sea ports compared to 458.202 tons in October 2025.

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Table 1. Tankers that transported Russia’s crude oil in violation of the embargo from Russian ports on the Baltic Sea to EU countries in November 2025

Data on shipowners and operators from www.equasis.org

Name

IMO

DWT

Flag

Year
built

Port of
departure

Actual date
of departure

Port of
arrival

Estimated date
of arrival

Shipowner

MARVEN
Crude Oil Tanker

9305556

117099

MH

2005

RU ULU

01/11/2025

NL RTM

15/11/2025

Registered owner: JONAH OWNING CO LTD, Marshall Is
Ship manager: TMS TANKERS LTD, Greece
ISM manager: TMS TANKERS LTD, Greece

ALICANTE
Crude Oil Tanker

9527855

115551

MH

2013

RU ULU

11/11/2025

NL MSV

28/11/2025

Registered owner: XIANG H127 INTERNATIONAL SHIP, Greece
Ship manager: TMS TANKERS LTD, Greece
ISM manager: TMS TANKERS LTD, 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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