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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | PIER · Pier | [sources] | |||
| Build Date | [sources] | ||||
| Call Sign | 8PZT2 | [sources] | |||
| Description | On July 21, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the vessel. · On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force. · On May 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions, which enter into force on May 21, 2025, on the tanker for the transportation of 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). · The tanker during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo, the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products, and resorts to deceptive, high-risk practices (disabling AIS, conducting dark activities near the russian port of Ust-Luga, conducting STS transmissions with sanctioned tankers, in particular with tanker IMO 9253909 in June 2025 near Sudan/South Sudan). · The tanker is affiliated with the Turkish company Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS, which was the commercial and ISM manager of the vessel from May 2023 to March 2024. Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS is one of the top three ranking Turkish operators, which in 2023 provided transportation of hundreds of millions of barrels of russian crude oil and petroleum 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 crude oil/petroleum products in 2023. Since March 2024, the tankers have been managed by the Turkish companies Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS and Cape Gemi Isletmeciligi AS, which share a common address with Tokyo Gemi Isletmeciligi AS. Eight tankers of these Turkish companies were operated by Beks Tanker Isletmeciligi AS in 2023 and early 2024, and one by the sanctioned Beks Gemi Isletmeciligi ve Tic. | [sources] | |||
| Flag | Barbados | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO9273442 | [sources] | |||
| MMSI | 314001099 | [sources] | |||
| Past Flags | Cyprus · Germany · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Marshall Islands | [sources] | |||
| Previous name | Beks Lotus · Kaspar Schulte · Sauger | [sources] | |||
| Tonnage | 72652 | [sources] | |||
| Type | Oil Products Tanker | [sources] | |||
| Source link | eur-lex.europa.eu · war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua · www.balticshipping.com · www.blackseanews.net · www.blackseanews.net · | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
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)
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)
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.
Transportation of fossil fuels
Transporting russian crude oil/oil products in violation of other restrictions
UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
United Kingdom · FCDO
Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
European Union · Council
Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes
Switzerland · SECO
Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine · GUR
gb-fcdo-rus2803 · ch-seco-91548 · ua-ws-70e6b56499231afb2d8eda44edf89c81a0456424 · eu-oj-f994a9f031cc30485cb26a006d9b2152fff45e7eFor experts: raw data explorer
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| Sanctions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Authority | Program | Start date | End date | |
| Ukraine | ГУР МО України | - | - | ||
| Switzerland | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs | - | |||
| United Kingdom | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK | - | |||
| European Union | Council of the European Union | - | |||
| Linked to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS | Commercial ship manager | - | ||
| Cape Gemi Isletmeciligi AS Sanctioned entity | Ship Safety Management Manager | - | ||
| Owner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | Legal form | Status | |
| Sand Gemi Isletmeciligi AS | Türkiye | - | - | |
| Owners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| Pier Maritime & Trading Ltd | - | - | ||