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PIONEER

Shadow fleet · Person of interest
TypeVessel[sources]
NamePIONEER[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign9LS2034 · UAVA4[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage24999[sources]
DescriptionDuring the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, the tanker was involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from the russian port of Tuapse in the Black Sea, where the production complex belonging to the sanctioned PJSC Rosneft Oil Company - Tuapse Oil Refinery with a sea terminal, including with the AIS turned off. In 2023, the tanker was involved in the export of ten consignments of russian oil products (over 267 thousand tons in total) from the russian port of Tuapse, the consignor of the cargoes was the sanctioned russian Rosneft (nine consignments), Amur Trading FZCO (one consignment), the consignees were Spg Trading LLC, Gms Trading Middle East DMCC, Tejarinaft FZCO, Aytemiz Akaryakit Dagitim AS. In December 2024 and April 2025, the tanker called at the russian ports of St. Petersburg and Vostochny, respectively.[sources]
FlagRussia · Sierra Leone[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage15980[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9255282[sources]
MMSI273254770 · 667002331[sources]
Past FlagsFinland · Norway · Sierra Leone · Türkiye[sources]
Previous nameFutura · Sehnaz Ka[sources]
Type21 · Oil tanker/Chemical tanker (OILCHEM)[sources]
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Ukraine War and Sanctions5,326

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

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Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections613

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU


Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-944 · tokyo-mou-psc-64645562b7e503f1aa47be065557f8465061ad19 · ua-ws-814b390f1e318eb404278ff9127c1797cc4fb4ba

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