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Chandra

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TypeVessel[sources]
NameCHANDRA · Chandra[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3E7150[sources]
DescriptionSince January 2023, the tanker has had three changes of management, flag country, and twice the name of the vessel. · The tanker is affiliated with the Indian company Gatik Ship Management and the Gatik-related company Gaurik Ship Management LLP, which in 2023, together with Caishan Ship Management, Plutos Ship Management, Orion Ship Management LLP, Geras Ship Management, Girik Ship Management, Galena Ship Management, Nautilus Shipping (India), Ark Seakonnect Shipmanagment LLC, Zidan Ship Management, was involved in a scheme to 'juggle' vessels managed by Gatik Ship Management in order to avoid sanctions. Gatik Ship Management and Gaurik Ship Management LLP were the previous managers of the vessel. Tankers operated/managed by the Indian Gatik Ship Management continue to be used by related companies and call at russian ports. · The tanker, during the period of the G7+ oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/oil products, is involved in the export of russian crude oil/oil products from russian ports in the Black Sea, and resorts to deceptive, high-risk practices, in particular, systematic shutdowns of AIS in the Kerch Strait area in the Black Sea, STS transmissions, in particular, in the Kerch Strait area in the Black Sea in February 2025 with the tanker IMO 9185530, which has been under USA sanctions since March 26, 2024 for the transportation of Iranian commodities to China, in November, December 2024, January 2025 in the Gulf of Laconikos with the tanker IMO 9402732 of VLCC class affiliated with the Indian company Gatik Ship Management, one of the leading operators of the shadow fleet involved in the transportation of russian crude oil/oil products under Western sanctions in 2022-2023.[sources]
FlagPanama[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9353125[sources]
MMSI352004930[sources]
Past FlagsGermany · Gabon · United Kingdom · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Marshall Islands[sources]
Previous nameCpo Russia · Donald · Nargis[sources]
Tonnage37296[sources]
TypeChemical/Oil Products Tanker · Oil Tanker[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · sanctions.kse.ua · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · www.blackseanews.net · 8 more...[sources]
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Descriptions

Article 4x(2), point (b): transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XIII, that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia while practicing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33)

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities,

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,

Transportation of fossil fuels

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions3,525

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,240

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities1,408

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council


Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-rus2582 · eu-oj-6e9e72f2e7ba814130c7bab5d7c6a1643cee791b · ua-ws-f30685445c9033e91375861f8e8266bd52d10964

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