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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | BRONCO · TORONTO | [sources] | |||
| Build Date | [sources] | ||||
| Call Sign | T8A5273 | [sources] | |||
| Description | In April 2025, near Romania, the tanker (IMO 8808525) conducted an STS transfer with the tanker (IMO 9236975), which had arrived from the russian port of Novorossiysk to perform the transfer. In March 2025, near Cyprus, the tanker (IMO 8808525) conducted an STS transfer with the tanker (IMO 9424651) – designated by the EU and Switzerland since May 2025 – which had arrived in the area near Cyprus from the russian port of Tuapse, where it had conducted a series of STS transfers. · On May 20, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker as part of measures targeting the shadow fleet of the russian federation, including for engaging in activities aimed at destabilizing Ukraine, undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty, or independence of Ukraine, benefiting from or supporting the government of russia, and participating in the transportation of crude oil/petroleum products of russian origin, including from russia to third countries. · The tanker, during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, has been involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products using deceptive, high-risk practices (disabling the Automatic Identification System (AIS), conducting dark activity near russian ports in the Black Sea, and carrying out ship-to-ship (STS) transfers with russian-affiliated vessels near European countries). | [sources] | |||
| Flag | Liberia · Palau | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO8808525 | [sources] | |||
| MMSI | 511101785 | [sources] | |||
| Past Flags | Liberia · Malta · Togo · Türkiye | [sources] | |||
| Previous name | Barracudas · Galloper · H. Ismail Kaptanoglu · Hik · Toronto | [sources] | |||
| Tonnage | 39999 | [sources] | |||
| Type | Oil Products Tanker · Oil Tanker | [sources] | |||
| Source link | war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · www.blackseanews.net · www.blackseanews.net · www.lloydslist.com · | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
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.
Transporting russian crude oil/oil products in violation of other restrictions
Transportation of fossil fuels
UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
United Kingdom · FCDO
Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine · GUR
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| Sanctions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Authority | Program | Start date | End date | |
| Ukraine | ГУР МО України | - | - | ||
| United Kingdom | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK | - | |||
| Linked to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Astic Shipping Ltd | Ship Safety Management Manager | - | ||
| Astic Shipping Ltd | Commercial ship manager | - | ||
| Owner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | Legal form | Status | |
| Ascon Tankercilik AS | - | - | - | |
| Owners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| Thandor Shipping Ltd | - | - | ||