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Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NameAVIOR · Avior[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call SignUHFR[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage13786[sources]
DescriptionThe tanker has been implicated in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products and in the bunkering of ships in the Azov–Black Sea basin during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products. The tanker has made port calls at terminals in the TOT (temporarily occupied territory) of Crimea, Ukraine, and at the russian Sheskharis terminal, which is a transshipment complex and the end point of the main pipelines of JSC Chernomortransneft (АО "Черномортранснефть", TIN 2315072242, under USA sanctions) — a subsidiary of the sanctioned russian company PJSC Transneft (ПАО "Транснефть", TIN 7706061801). The tanker is affiliated with the sanctioned russian company PJSC Lukoil (ПАО "Лукойл"). On May 20, 2025, the European Union imposed sanctions, which entered into force on May 21, 2025, on the tanker for transporting crude oil/petroleum products originating in or exported from russia, using irregular high-risk shipping practices as specified in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly Resolution A.1192(33). On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force. On July 21, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel.[sources]
FlagRussia[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9164512[sources]
MMSI273415140[sources]
Type19[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,

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,

Relationships

Data sources

Ukraine War and Sanctions4,745

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,826

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,530

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

European Union · Council

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,678

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

Switzerland · SECO

Source data IDs: eu-oj-5bc4132ba46d61675fd285324e1953823a33d98a · gb-fcdo-rus2859 · ua-ws-vessel-986 · ua-ws-83044f33a43f270cd88eccf452a06912d88c28e8 · ch-seco-94241

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