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CHENG HE

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

CHENG HE is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	CHENG HE				[sources]
Build Date	2007				[sources]
Call Sign	`3E5381`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	159395				[sources]
Description	The tanker is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports in the Black Sea during the period of the G7, EU oil embargo and price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products. The vessel is engaged in dark activities near russian ports in the Black Sea and in the Kola Bay. On June 17, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker in connection with the carrying crude oil/petroleum products that originated in russia from russia to a third countries.				[sources]
Flag	Panama				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9304629`				[sources]
MMSI	`352003989`				[sources]
Past Flags	Belize · Germany · Liberia · Marshall Islands				[sources]
Previous name	Raptor · Ridgebury Nicholas A · Rio Genoa				[sources]
Type	20 · Oil Tanker				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-10-22	First seen	2025-06-17

Descriptions

Shipping sanctions: a specified ship is prohibited from being provided with access to or having its master or pilot cause it to enter a port in the UK, may have its registration on the UK Ship Register terminated, and a master or pilot of a specified ship may be given a port barring direction, a detention direction, and a port entry direction or a movement direction.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-09-15

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ukraine	ГУР МО України		-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Shunyuan Shipmanagement Co Ltd Person of interest	security_manager	2024-03-11	-
Hengrong Shipping Ltd

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
Hengrong Shipping Limited	-	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Hengrong Shipping Ltd Person of interest	-	2024-03-01	-

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,286

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,976

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-1063 · gb-fcdo-rus2729 · ua-ws-04665b1efc53d7db44a16f9681445bd335d13de3

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