Russian Black Sea Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of November 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 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 |
Port of |
Actual time |
Port of |
Estimated |
Shipowner |
|
TAHITI |
9600877 |
157022 |
MT |
2014 |
RU NVS |
02/11/2025 |
IT TRS |
10/11/2025 |
Registered owner: QIHANG ZHONGDI 3 LEASING, Greece |
|
ALATAU |
9416551 |
115896 |
MH |
2009 |
RU NVS |
04/11/2025 |
RO MID |
07/11/2025 |
Registered owner: ALATAU SHIPPING LTD, Germany |
|
SAFEEN BARONESS |
9460576 |
105335 |
MH |
2011 |
RU NVS |
12/11/2025 |
RO MID |
14/11/2025 |
Registered owner: SAFEEN TANKERS 21 LTD, Greece |
|
DELTA STAR |
9458016 |
115618 |
LR |
2013 |
RU NVS |
17/11/2025 |
STS CY |
27/11/2025 |
Registered owner: CELESTIA MARINE INC, Greece |
|
MATILDA |
9407457 |
112935 |
MT |
2009 |
RU NVS |
17/11/2025 |
GR SKG |
29/11/2025 |
Registered owner: BLUE CLOUD NAVIGATION SA, Greece |
|
KASTOS I |
9282297 |
47148 |
PA |
2004 |
RU NVS |
17/11/2025 |
STS CY |
26/11/2025 |
Registered owner: OCEAN STAR MARITIME VENTURES, Panama |
|
ALATAU |
9416551 |
115896 |
MH |
2009 |
RU NVS |
20/11/2025 |
IT TRS |
30/11/2025 |
Registered owner: ALATAU SHIPPING LTD, Germany |
|
ACHILLEAS |
9458494 |
157883 |
GR |
2010 |
RU NVS |
21/11/2025 |
IT TRS |
30/11/2025 |
Registered owner: NORTHERN KING SHIPPING, Greece |
|
RS TARA |
9765354 |
160036 |
MH |
2016 |
RU NVS |
28/11/2025 |
IT TRS |
11/12/2025 |
Registered owner: RUBY NAVIGATION INC, 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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