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TypeVessel[sources]
NameACE · ALOR 2[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignJ8B6221[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage36003[sources]
DescriptionThe vessel is affiliated with Reel Shipping LLC, a designated entity based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Reel Shipping LLC manages a fleet of container vessels that forms part of a large shipping network controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani. Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the son of Ali Shamkhani–the chief political adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader–leverages his father’s political influence to corrupt senior officials of the Iranian regime and to build and operate an extensive fleet of tankers and container vessels. This fleet transports crude oil and refined petroleum products originating from Iran and the russian federation, as well as other cargoes, to customers worldwide, generating revenues in the tens of billions of dollars. The Shamkhani-controlled shipping network comprises a large fleet of vessels, ship-management companies, and front (shell) companies used to launder billions of dollars in proceeds from global sales of Iranian and russian crude oil and petroleum products, predominantly to buyers in the People’s Republic of China. The network undertakes extensive measures to conceal its operations and to obscure links to the Shamkhani family, Iran, and russia. On 30 July 2025, the United States designated the vessel IMO 9228538.[sources]
FlagSaint Vincent and the Grenadines[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage30024[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9228538[sources]
MMSI376846000[sources]
Past FlagsAntigua and Barbuda · Cameroon · Germany · Hong Kong SAR · Comoros · 2 more...[sources]
Previous nameAce · CSCL Kelang · Chief[sources]
TypeContainer Ship · Container ship[sources]
Source linksanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua[sources]
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Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List36,693

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

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,560

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 · ITA

Tokyo MoU Detention List8,425

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Tokyo MoU region.

Global · Tokyo MoU

Black Sea MoU Detention List2,173

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Black Sea MoU region.

Global · BSMOU

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,433

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

External databases

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Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections674

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU


Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-1153 · tokyo-mou-psc-551d3e247027a880d97bcd5b10d9f4ebaebc9940 · ofac-54869 · bs-mou-813643a1a46a709377844ad1a9aa45c18c4e871e · ofac-pr-196a56b5b1af145baa5384926d4d59b4e87247b6 · tok-mou-det-8e26c1ca3bc5d14c4175e1b460323c8f1cdaa827

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