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BIVOLA

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameBIVOLA · Bivola[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3E7015[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage106070[sources]
DescriptionThe tanker during the period of the G7, EU oil embargo, price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from the russian ports of the Baltic Sea since January 2025 to India using deceptive practices (disabling AIS near the russian ports in the Baltic Sea). Since October 2024, the owner and commercial manager of the tanker is Doris Voyage Ltd, registered in the Seychelles at Suite 10, 3rd Floor, La Ciotat, Mont Fleuri, Mahe Island Seychelles, which is widely used to register companies of owners and managers of tankers of the russian shadow fleet. The ISM manager of the vessel since November 2024 is Fleetcraft Management LLC, a company from Azerbaijan, the fleet of which, as of June 17, 2025, in addition to the tanker IMO 9266865, includes the tanker IMO 9308857, which is classified by the International NGO Greenpeace as a member of the shadow tanker fleet, that transports russian oil around the world and threatens the environment, as well as tanker IMO 9299771, which was involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports in the Baltic Sea and the Pacific region during the period of the G7, EU oil embargo and price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products since June 2023. From July 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions on a tanker for transporting crude oil/petroleum products that originate in russia or are exported from russia using irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly resolution A.1192 (33). On August 12, 2025, Switzerland imposed sanctions on the vessel. On October 15, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.[sources]
FlagPanama · Sierra Leone[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage58070[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9266865[sources]
MMSI352004768[sources]
Past FlagsIsle of Man · Marshall Islands[sources]
Previous nameBritish Holly · Sea Holly[sources]
Type20[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu[sources]
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Descriptions

Transport crude oil or petroleum products 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).

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

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,

Relationships

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,404

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

EU Sanctions Map1,319

The EU Sanctions Map is a visualisation of EU sanctions policy. It includes a broader set of policies and entities than the EU consolidated sanctions list.

European Union · Council

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,982

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,773

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,792

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

European Union · Council

Source data IDs: ua-ws-81009e24add0d7ddb5adec3a4872d77494527bd2 · ua-ws-vessel-1056 · eu-oj-c4c3b3b51a5590ab170a36a8b3ee98aecceeded2 · eu-sancmap-6c8260435e96cd0d52f80c7cbd73d6b53ae2696c · ch-seco-95724 · gb-fcdo-rus3127

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