Russian Black Sea Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of January 2026 Violations

16:00 25.02.2026
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 January 2026 (see Table 1).

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In January 2026, 8 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded.

Six 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.

The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in Greece (5), Germany (1), Turkey (1) and Libya (1).

In January 2026, a total of 912.684 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 January 2026

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

MATILDA
Crude Oil Tanker

9407457

112935

MT

2009

BLS AIS

01/01/2026

STS RO
CND ANCH
IN

15/01/2026

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

AMALTHEA
Crude Oil Tanker

9298650

107115

GR

2006

RU NVS

13/01/2026

RO MID

16/01/2026

Registered owner: SYMBOL MARITIME LTD, GR
Ship manager: MINERVA MARINE INC, GR
ISM manager: MINERVA MARINE INC, GR

SEAMUSIC
Crude Oil Tanker

9407445

112922

MT

2009

RU NVS

25/01/2026

RO MID

31/01/2026

Registered owner: BLUE LIGHT DEVELOPMENT CORP, GR
Ship manager: THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT, GR
ISM manager: THENAMARIS SHIPS MANAGEMENT, GR

FREUD
Crude Oil Tanker

9804461

157485

MH

2018

RU NVS

14/01/2026

IT TRS

23/01/2026

Registered owner: XIANG T99 HK INTERNATIONAL, GR
Ship manager: TMS TANKERS LTD, GR
ISM manager: TMS TANKERS LTD, GR

SAFEEN BARONESS
Crude Oil Tanker

9460576

105335

MH

2011

RU NVS

15/01/2026

RO MID

17/01/2026

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

SAFEEN ELONA
Crude Oil Tanker

9488011

105258

MH

2012

RU NVS

19/01/2026

IT TRS

28/01/2026

Registered owner: SAFEEN TANKERS 22 LTD, DE
Ship manager: COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU, DE
ISM manager: COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT-GEU, DE

REVOLINER
Crude Oil Tanker

9282558

46847

PA

2005

RU TUA

31/01/2026

STS CY
LMS ANCH

11/02/2026

Registered owner: SYNERGY SHIPPING LTD, MH
Ship manager: SYNERGY SHIPPING LTD, MH
ISM manager: CLEAN ROAD SHIPPING CO, TR

AL AGAILA
Crude Oil Tanker

9415404

164787

LY

2009

RU NVS

01/01/2026

BG BOJ

03/01/2026

Registered owner: AL AGAILA OIL CO LTD, LY
Ship manager: GENERAL NATIONAL MARITIME, LY
ISM manager: SYNERGY MARINE GERMANY GMBH, DE

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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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