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M SOPHIA

Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameM SOPHIA[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign3FTT[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage299997[sources]
DescriptionLogistics STS hubs allow to conceal the ownership and origin of cargo. In addition to the Mid-Atlantic hub, transshipment centers include areas near Kalamata, Greece, Malta, Ceuta, and the Caucasus, where STS operations for russian crude oil have been established. · On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel as a property in which SUNNE CO LIMITED has an interest. · Since September 12, 2025, the United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on the vessel. · Subsequently, all but one of the tankers were engaged in transshipment of cargoes in the established high-risk transshipment hub for russian crude oil for consolidation of cargoes in the area 860 nautical miles west of Portugal, in international waters. The registered owners, commercial managers, and ISM manager are characterized by an almost identical registration address in Dalian (PRC), and the same two addresses in Hong Kong. · The VLCC was purchased from DHT Tankers and is affiliated with an anonymous Chinese buyer who spent about $376 million to acquire a group of 13 tankers for the high-risk transportation of crude oil of russian origin in the Atlantic Ocean. These 13 tankers include five Aframax vessels, seven very large crude oil carriers and one Suezmax vessel. According to Lloyd's List Intelligence, these vessels were purchased by an anonymous buyer through 20 separate but interconnected single-ship offshore companies from Hong Kong and China. · 3 more...[sources]
FlagPanama[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage161789[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9289477[sources]
MMSI374933000[sources]
Past FlagsGermany · Hong Kong SAR · Panama[sources]
Previous nameDHT Condor · Delos · Younara Glory[sources]
Tonnage320051[sources]
TypeCrude Oil Tanker · Oil Tanker · Oil tanker[sources]
Source linkhome.treasury.gov · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · www.lloydslist.com · 2 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,

Associated with sanctioned entities

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Transportation of fossil fuels

Ukraine War and Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,711

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,351

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,454

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States of America · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)22,183

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States of America · ITA

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections552

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU


Source data IDs: tokyo-mou-psc-39b8aac73cdf991a6b2bb4b482872f180650ee89 · ua-ws-7b23db24f2668468a0b41c0b9107fddd4b751c07 · gb-fcdo-rus3018 · ofac-51707 · ua-ws-vessel-695

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