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Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity
TypeVessel[sources]
NamePIER · Pier[sources]
Build Date[sources]
Call Sign8PZT2 · J5AN6[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage72652[sources]
DescriptionThe 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. 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). 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]
FlagBarbados · Guinea-Bissau[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage41503[sources]
IMO NumberIMO9273442[sources]
MMSI314001099 · 630001116[sources]
Past FlagsCyprus · Germany · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Marshall Islands[sources]
Previous nameBeks Lotus · Kaspar Schulte · Sauger[sources]
Type19 · Oil tanker[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu[sources]
Last changeLast processedFirst seen

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

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,822

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

European Union · Council

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,753

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

Switzerland · SECO

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,286

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,975

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

External databases

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

Tokyo MoU Port State Control Inspections553

Vessels inspected by member authorities under the Tokyo MoU.

External dataset · Global · Tokyo MoU


Source data IDs: ch-seco-91548 · ua-ws-vessel-1013 · gb-fcdo-rus2803 · tokyo-mou-psc-ce23b5553c8d99d3d9378dfa14626e7f5fd9a9ee · ua-ws-70e6b56499231afb2d8eda44edf89c81a0456424 · eu-oj-f994a9f031cc30485cb26a006d9b2152fff45e7e

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