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

10:00 09.12.2025
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 (see Table 1).

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In November 2025, 9 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

Seven 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 (7) and Germany (2).

In November 2025, a total of 1.087.769 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 November 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

TAHITI
Crude Oil Tanker

9600877

157022

MT

2014

RU NVS

02/11/2025

IT TRS

10/11/2025

Registered owner: QIHANG ZHONGDI 3 LEASING, Greece
Ship manager: TMS TANKERS LTD, Greece
ISM manager: TMS TANKERS LTD, Greece

ALATAU
Crude Oil Tanker

9416551

115896

MH

2009

RU NVS

04/11/2025

RO MID

07/11/2025

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

SAFEEN BARONESS
Crude Oil Tanker

9460576

105335

MH

2011

RU NVS

12/11/2025

RO MID

14/11/2025

Registered owner: SAFEEN TANKERS 21 LTD, Greece
Ship manager: NGM ENERGY SA, Greece
ISM manager: COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU, Germany

DELTA STAR
Crude Oil Tanker

9458016

115618

LR

2013

RU NVS

17/11/2025

STS CY
LMS ANCH

27/11/2025

Registered owner: CELESTIA MARINE INC, Greece
Ship manager: DELTA TANKERS LTD, Greece
ISM manager: DELTA TANKERS LTD, Greece

MATILDA
Crude Oil Tanker

9407457

112935

MT

2009

RU NVS

17/11/2025

GR SKG

29/11/2025

Registered owner: BLUE CLOUD NAVIGATION SA, Greece
Ship manager: THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT, Greece
ISM manager: THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT, Greece

KASTOS I
Crude Oil Tanker

9282297

47148

PA

2004

RU NVS

17/11/2025

STS CY
LMS ANCH

26/11/2025

Registered owner: OCEAN STAR MARITIME VENTURES, Panama
Ship manager: SEA TRADE MARINE SA, Greece
ISM manager: SEA TRADE MARINE SA, Greece

ALATAU
Crude Oil Tanker

9416551

115896

MH

2009

RU NVS

20/11/2025

IT TRS

30/11/2025

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

ACHILLEAS
Crude Oil Tanker

9458494

157883

GR

2010

RU NVS

21/11/2025

IT TRS

30/11/2025

Registered owner: NORTHERN KING SHIPPING, Greece
Ship manager: SUN ENTERPRISES LTD-LIB, Greece
ISM manager: SUN ENTERPRISES LTD-LIB, Greece

RS TARA
Crude Oil Tanker
We recommend carefully checking the documents for the country of origin of the cargo.

9765354

160036

MH

2016

RU NVS

28/11/2025

IT TRS

11/12/2025

Registered owner: RUBY NAVIGATION INC, Greece
Ship manager: PRIME TANKER MANAGEMENT INC
ISM manager: PRIME TANKER MANAGEMENT INC

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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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