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KARAKUZ

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameKARAKUZ[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignUBAJ2[sources]
DescriptionDuring the enforcement of the G7 and EU embargo and price cap on russian crude oil/petroleum products, the tanker has been actively engaged in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products. · In its more recent activity, the tanker has been used to transport russian diesel fuel from the russian port of Novorossiysk to ports in the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine, including the Kerch Fishing Port. · The vessel consistently employs deceptive shipping practices, including dark activity (AIS disabled) in the vicinity of the Kerch Strait, in the Sea of Azov, and near russian ports in the Black Sea. According to the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the tanker was previously involved in oil shipments to Syria between 2016 and 2018. · The vessel is affiliated – via associated companies – with the russian entity JSC "AK Bars Leasing" (АО "АК Барс Лизинг", TIN 1656025635), a wholly owned subsidiary of the sanctioned PJSC "AK Bars Bank" (ПАО "АК Барс Банк", TIN 1653001805).[sources]
FlagRussia[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage4531[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9621558[sources]
MMSI273359180[sources]
Previous nameAlmetyevsk[sources]
Tonnage6640[sources]
TypeOil Products Tanker[sources]
Source linkchecko.ru · checko.ru · checko.ru · checko.ru · magicport.ai · 25 more...[sources]
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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,

Transporting russian crude oil/oil products in violation of other restrictions

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Cargo transportation from/to ТОТ of Ukraine

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Calling ports of the TOT

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Transportation of fossil fuels

— Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,351

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,711

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Source data IDs: ua-ws-63f85c76ca4bdb6e1ce3917d4a93c10ca6fcabe7 · gb-fcdo-rus3049 · ua-ws-vessel-1121

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