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OCEAN THUNDER

Shadow fleet · Person of interest

OCEAN THUNDER is an entity of interest. It has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	OCEAN THUNDER				[sources]
Build Date	2009				[sources]
Call Sign	`3E5246`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	164772				[sources]
Description	During the period of the G7, EU oil embargo and price-cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, the tanker was involved in 2023, early 2024 in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products, and in conducting dark activities at sea, in particular near russian ports in the Black Sea, in the Kola Bay area. The tanker is affiliated with the Turkish company Active Denizcilik ve Gemi (under UK sanctions), which was the commercial and ISM manager of the vessel from June 2023 to March 2024. Active Denizcilik ve Gemi is one of the top three ranking Turkish operators, which in 2023 provided transportation of tens of millions of barrels of russian oil and oil products. The fleet of the Turkish top three - Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS and the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic and Active Denizcilik ve Gemi - transported a total of 49 million barrels of russian oil/oil products in 2023.				[sources]
Flag	Panama				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9416422`				[sources]
MMSI	`352003620`				[sources]
Past Flags	Greece · Liberia · Marshall Islands · Malta · Norway				[sources]
Previous name	Crude Gamma · Ridgebury John Zipser · Wilsky				[sources]
Type	20				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2025-10-06

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ukraine	ГУР МО України		-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
ONN DENIZCILIK VE DANISMANLIK LTD STI Person of interest	security_manager	2024-03-20	-
ONN DENIZCILIK VE DANISMANLIK LTD STI

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Ocean Thunder Shipping Corp Person of interest	-	2024-02-23	-

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Source data IDs: ua-ws-vessel-468 · ua-ws-a4defc50a60e3db4ee05cf0fffcc65f2939a77b2

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